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<p>The article focuses on the intersections of the regulation of electronic identification as provided in the eIDAS Regulation and data protection rules in the European Union. The first part of the article is devoted to the explanation of the basic notions and framework related to the electronic identity in the European Union— the eIDAS Regulation. The second part of the article discusses specific intersections of the eIDAS Regulation with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), specifically scope, the general data protection clause and mainly personal data processing in the context of mutual recognition of electronic identification means. The article aims to discuss the overlapping issues of the regulation of the GDPR and the eIDAS Regulation and provides a further guide for interpretation and implementation of the outcomes in practice.</p>
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The article focuses on the intersections of the regulation of electronic identification as provided in the eIDAS Regulation and data protection rules in the European Union. The first part of the article is devoted to the explanation of the basic notions and framework related to the electronic identity in the European Union— the eIDAS Regulation. The second part of the article discusses specific intersections of the eIDAS Regulation with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), specifically scope, the general data protection clause and mainly personal data processing in the context of mutual recognition of electronic identification means. The article aims to discuss the overlapping issues of the regulation of the GDPR and the eIDAS Regulation and provides a further guide for interpretation and implementation of the outcomes in practice.

Those Who Shall Be Identified: The Data Protection Aspects of the Legal Framework for Electronic Identification in the European Union

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The article focuses on the intersections of the regulation of electronic identification as provided in the eIDAS Regulation and data protection rules in the...

Those Who Shall Be Identified: The Data Protection Aspects of the Legal Framework for Electronic Identification in the European Union

Publicado en línea: 15 nov 2021

Páginas: 3 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0012

Palabras clave
eIDAS Regulation, electronic identification, electronic identification means, data protection, GDPR, mutual recognition

© 2021 Jozef Andraško et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Those Who Shall Be Identified: The Data Protection Aspects of the Legal Framework for Electronic Identification in the European Union

Publicado en línea: 15 nov 2021

Páginas: 3 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0012

Palabras claveeIDAS Regulation, electronic identification, electronic identification means, data protection, GDPR, mutual recognition

© 2021 Jozef Andraško et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
eIDAS Regulation, electronic identification, electronic identification means, data protection, GDPR, mutual recognition