Digital Identity

Digital Identity encompasses all processes, mechanisms, technologies that serve an individual or organization to identify themselves and to recognize or discover the identity of others in digital media and media.

In this section we will discuss the identification mechanisms derived from Law 11/2007 of June 22 on Citizens' Electronic Access to Public Services.

According to the Law 11/2007, citizens may use the following systems to identify with the Administration:

• The Electronic ID.
• System Organ Class advanced electronic signature, including those based on electronic certificate The Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights approved the proposal. Each Public Administration may decide which electronic certificates it admits for the identification of citizens in the procedures and actions for which it is responsible.
• Other systems such as concerted keys in a pre-registration or provision of information known to both parties or other systems non-cryptographic. In this case, the Administration has to justify the reasons for using these mechanisms.

The Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer Law 11/2007 sets out the mechanisms that can be used by public administrations to identify electronically and authenticate the electronic documents it produces.

• Identification of electronic sites

  The electronic headquarters is the electronic address owned by a public administration and accessed by the citizen via telecommunications networks.

  Electronic venues should use both to identify and to ensure secure communications, signatory systems based on safe device certificates.

  The Headquarters Certificates have been derived from this requirement of law.

• Identification by electronic seal

  The identification and authentication of the Administration’s automated performance can be carried out by means of an electronic seal which must also be based on an electronic certificate.

• Safe Verification Code or CSV

  The Safe Verification Code (CSV) can also be used to authenticate the Administration's automated performance. The CSV is a code printed on a printed document that allows the authenticity and integrity of that paper document to be verified by comparing it with the original electronic document at the electronic headquarters correspondiente.El CSV allows the generation on paper. “authentic copies” electronic documents.

• Identification of the public employee

  The public employee may use one of the following identification systems in the performance of the duties of the post in question:

  • The electronic ID
  • Other electronic signature systems provided by the Public Administration on which the employee depends and which jointly identifies the holder and the Administration. An example is the certificate of public employee, derived from RD 1671/2007 that partially develops Law 11/2007 for the General Government of the State.