Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Social and Legal Implications of Digital Identity in a Multi-national Environment
Year:2010
Research Areas
  • Electronic technology and of the communications
Information
Abstract
The i2010 e-Government Action Plan from the European Union forces Public Administrations (national, regional and local) of all Member States that by 2010 to meet all administrative acts of the citizens through the Internet. This implies the need for mechanisms and systems to be able to unequivocally identify people on the Internet, together with a reliable system of interoperable electronic identification management (eIDM), in such a way that citizens, businesses and government departments (even in different Member States) can identify themselves and certify their transactions accurately, quickly and simply. However, despite the clear advantages that this entails for EU citizens, namely the fact that they possess a digital identity which allows them secure and identified access to the services offered by the various public administrations in Member States, the implementation of a solution of this kind involves a series of risks which, if they are not duly dealt with, may engender a reduction in the effectiveness of public institutions and citizens¿ trust in them. This article will analyse the problems associated with digital identity in the EU framework and the extent to which the solutions adopted to date meet the constitutional requirements, or fail to, highlighting aspects which may entail a risk or detriment to the freedoms of citizens and those relating to the handling of digital identity which have not yet been tackled but which, given their particular relevance, necessitate an immediate solution.
International
Si
Congress
IEEE International Symposium on technology and Society (2010)
960
Place
Wollonwong (AUSTRALIA)
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-4244-7776-0
10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514604
Start Date
07/06/2010
End Date
10/06/2010
From page
484
To page
490
Social and Legal Implications of Digital Identity in a Multinational Environment
Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Sistemas Telemáticos para la Sociedad de la Información y el conocimiento
  • Departamento: Ingeniería y Arquitecturas Telemáticas