Powering Secure, Digital Licenses and Permits for Governments

Spruce Systems Inc. (dba SpruceID) provides end-to-end digital licensing and permitting solutions for governments. Spruce handles lifecycle management for licenses and permits in highly secure ecosystems, using verifiable digital credential technology to enable streamlined online verification and reduce cost for governments and maintaining privacy for individuals.

SpruceID’s core product offering is Credible, a platform for creating, issuing, managing, and revoking secure and privacy-preserving digital permits and licenses in web, custom mobile, or Apple, Google, Samsung wallets. These permits and licenses can be verified online, reducing the need for expensive and inconvenient in-person verification processes. Governments use Credible for use cases such as mobile driver’s licenses, professional licenses, or food handler permits. Credible is built to be customized and deeply integrated with complex government systems, and supports multiple agencies simultaneously with support for agency-specific workspaces. On top of Credible, SpruceID also provides solutions engineering and embeds directly with governments to create highly tailored solutions for both individual agencies and across agencies.

SpruceID powers the California DMV mobile driver’s license program, deploying Credible within the California DMV environment and building custom integrations with DMV systems. SpruceID also built the custom user-facing CA DMV Wallet mobile application to store the mobile driver’s license and other credentials, such as vehicle registrations. Credible and the CA DMV Wallet feature multiple industry-leading innovations, including mobile driver’s licenses issued in dual data formats (both ISO/IEC 18013-7 mDLs and W3C Verifiable Credentials) and presentation over the internet. Through this program, over 2 million mobile driver’s licenses have been issued so far to Californians.

SpruceID has also successfully deployed Credible to support the State of Utah’s Verifiable Digital Credential program. SpruceID integrated Credible with state-wide systems and worked directly with multiple agencies to support use cases such as off-highway vehicle and food handler permits. Tens of thousands of verifiable digital permits and certificates have been provided to users as part of the ongoing production pilot.