Digital Identities for Luxembourg (DI-SnTxMinDig)

Partnership Project in cooperation with Luxembourg's Ministry for Digitalisation to explore the implications of Digital Identities and Digital Wallets

The project at a glance

Start date:

03 Jan 2022
Duration in months:

54
Funding:

Luxembourg's Ministry for Digitalisation
Principal Investigator(s):

Gilbert FRIDGEN

About

Digital interactions have become an essential part of our daily lives and social communication. We log in and identify ourselves digitally – dozens if not hundreds of times a day – to check our e-mails, use our social media apps or access our online subscriptions. Stakes are high for users, private sector service providers and public sector administrations, and significant challenges and responsibilities lie ahead in the secure and careful handling of large amounts of personal data. Retaining privacy and preventing malicious or accidental data leaks, will be essential in building and retaining trust in digital identity systems. For citizens, privacy concerns are high, in particular when their identity data is linked to financial or health information. Moreover, they worry about usability, control, and the security of their sensitive personal data. For companies, from healthcare providers to the financial sector and transport industry, inefficient management and exchange of sensitive (personal) data reduces competitiveness, and complicate compliance with regulatory frameworks. The European Union has recently reflected on these stakes by amending its eIDAS regulation on electronic identification, authentication and trust services. One core aspect of the initiative will be the stepwise development of a European Digital Identity and Digital Wallet. The objective of the Partnership Project “Digital Identities for Luxembourg” is to accompany and support the Luxembourg government in the implementation of this EU initiative and explore the implications of Digital Identities and Digital Identity Wallets for Luxembourg’s government from a strategic, policy, and technical perspective.

Organisation and Partners

Digital Financial Services and Cross-Organisational Digital Transformations Research Group (FINATRAX)
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
Ministry for Digitalisation