Privacy Features of European eID Card Specifications

A national eID card is a gateway to personal information. Any unwanted disclosure of personal information constitutes a violation of the citizen’s privacy rights. Apart from considerations of fundamental rights, this is also a serious obstacle to the adoption of eID card schemes and to their cross-border interoperability. The aim of this paper is to allow easy comparison between privacy features offered by European eID card specifications and thereby to facilitate identification of best practice.

Publication date: Jan 27, 2009

Authors:
Ingo Naumann, ENISA, EU
Giles Hogben, ENISA, EU
Herbert Leitold, A-SIT, Austria
Frank Leyman, Fedict, Belgium
Marc Stern, Fedict, Belgium
Tarvi Martens, AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus (SK), Estonia
Jens Bender, BSI, Germany
Dennis Kügler, BSI, Germany
Andrea de Maria, IPZS, Italy
André Vasconcelos, AMA, Portugal
Roberth Lundin, CEN TC 224 WG 15 (European Citizen Card), EU

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