This week the Council of the European Union made an announcement. “With a view to ensuring a trusted and secure digital identity for all Europeans, the Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached today a provisional agreement on a new framework for a European digital identity (eID).”
The proposed new framework would additionally require member states “to issue a digital wallet under a notified eID scheme, built on common technical standards, following compulsory certification.”
“With the approval of the European digital identity regulation, we are taking a fundamental step so that citizens can have a unique and secure European digital identity,” stated Nadia Calviño, performing Spanish first vice-president and minister for economic system and digitalisation.
From the announcement:
The revised legislation constitutes a transparent paradigm shift for virtual id in Europe aiming to verify common get right of entry to for folks and companies to protected and devoted digital identity and authentication. Under the brand new regulation, member states will be offering voters and companies virtual wallets that can be capable to link their nationwide virtual identities with evidence of different private attributes (e.g., using licence, diplomas, checking account). Citizens will be capable to end up their id and proportion digital paperwork from their virtual wallets with a click on of a button on their cell phone.
The new European virtual id wallets will allow all Europeans to get right of entry to on-line products and services with their nationwide virtual identity, which shall be recognised all the way through Europe, with no need to make use of non-public identity strategies or unnecessarily sharing private information. User keep an eye on guarantees that handiest information that must be shared shall be shared…
The revised regulation clarifies the scope of the certified internet authentication certificate (QWACs), which guarantees that customers can examine who’s at the back of a web site, whilst keeping the present well-established trade safety regulations and requirements.
“When finalised, the text will be submitted to the member statesâ(TM) representatives (Coreper) for endorsement. Subject to a legal/linguistic review, the revised regulation will then need to be formally adopted by the Parliament and the Council before it can be published in the EUâ(TM)s Official Journal and enter into force.”
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