{"id":9509,"date":"2020-12-07T08:51:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T08:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2020-12-07T08:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T08:51:32","slug":"nsw-digital-driver-licence-downloads-hit-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/07\/nsw-digital-driver-licence-downloads-hit-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW DIGITAL DRIVER LICENCE DOWNLOADS HIT 2 MILLION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NSW drivers have more than two million reasons to download a Digital Driver Licence (DDL), with the significant milestone achieved only a year since its launch.<br \/>\nMinister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the DDL is safe, secure and can be used as proof of age and ID at a range of venues and police roadside checks.<br \/>\n\u201cTwo million people (36 per cent of all driver licence holders) can\u2019t be wrong. Drivers simply love the technology, with 95 per cent giving it the thumbs up,\u201d\u00a0Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\n\u201cMost State borders have reopened and many people will be traveling and visiting venues during the festive season, so do yourself a favour and download the DDL.\u201d<br \/>\nCustomers have used the DDL to sign into venues more than 562,000 times.<br \/>\nIn September, NSW Parliament passed legislation that expanded the use of the Digital Driver Licence, giving it the same legal status as a plastic driver\u00a0licence\u00a0card.\u00a0The DDL\u00a0is now accepted by Police in every Australian State and Territory.<br \/>\nMr Dominello encouraged customers to download a DDL in advance of the NSW Government\u2019s Dine and Discover program going live.<br \/>\n\u201cTo download a DDL you need to create a MyServiceNSW Account, which is also a requirement for Dine and Discover. So the sooner you create an account, the sooner you can reap the rewards,\u201d Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\nThe DDL is hosted securely on the new Service NSW app, locks with a PIN and can be accessed offline. It provides additional levels of security and protection against identity fraud, compared to the plastic driver licence.<br \/>\nTo get a DDL, licence holders will need to create a MyServiceNSW Account at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.service.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0and download the Service NSW mobile app on their smartphone. The digital licence will always be opt-in only.<br \/>\nLicence holders are recommended to carry their plastic card as a backup when travelling interstate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW drivers have more than two million reasons to download a Digital Driver Licence (DDL), with the significant milestone achieved only a year since its launch. Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the DDL is safe, secure and can be used as proof of age and ID at a range of venues and police &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/07\/nsw-digital-driver-licence-downloads-hit-2-million\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW DIGITAL DRIVER LICENCE DOWNLOADS HIT 2 MILLION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}