Tentative political agreement reached on revised EU digital ID framework proposal

Representatives of the Council and Parliament of the European Union have agreed on key elements contained in the proposed legislative framework for a new EU digital identity policy, a news release from the Council reveals.

The proposed policy amends the 2014 eIDAS regulation, which governs public service access and transactions across borders within the EU. It seeks to define how people within the EU can have access to public and private sector services via a trusted, secure, seamless and …

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