{"id":9309,"date":"2020-10-01T12:58:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T11:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/?p=9309"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:51:36","slug":"gsma-views-on-eu-digital-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/gsma-views-on-eu-digital-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Views on the Review of the Electronic Identification Regulation and Potential New European Digital Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eidas-big.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GSMA-Views-on-EU-Digital-Identity-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/span>\n<p>European mobile telecoms operators urge bold changes to the eIDAS Regulation to fight fraud and drive cross-border trade in tandem with ambitious plans for a European eID for all residents, the GSMA said today in its comments to the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA, which coordinates the European Identity Group comprised of European operators, advocates for the introduction of new rules for authentication on digital services. Specifically, the eIDAS Regulation could better protect people and businesses if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Services are available to all citizens and extended to the private sector and to digital devices;<\/li>\n<li>Services on smartphones and other devices are based on interoperable solutions with guarantee of digital sovereignty and a security-by-design approach;<\/li>\n<li>Solutions that use secure hardware, such as secure elements in devices, SIM cards or eSIMs, are supported by policy makers and standardised;<\/li>\n<li>Service providers are enabled to simply deploy interoperable, standardised solutions on smartphones and other devices.<br \/>\nCyber attacks against companies have significantly increased with the growing number of connected digital devices and more employees teleworking. Consumers are also increasingly victims of online fraud and up to 70% of all breaches still originate at endpoints, according to IDC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOnline fraud has only accelerated during the pandemic, which is why the regulation needs to cover all online public and private services,\u201d Kobus Smit, Head of Strategic Engagement who leads the European Identity Group for the GSMA. \u201cEurope\u2019s economic recovery and growth depend on trusted digital transactions, which are easy to access and use, especially for e-health, e-government services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The eID should be expanded far beyond the current approach of the eIDAS Regulation and cover both the public and private sector. Currently, Europe has to cope with a patchwork of public and private identity initiatives across the region, with generally weak public awareness or support. This has resulted in a situation where, for convenience, consumers are increasingly using social network IDs, potentially putting their data at risk. The revised eIDAS Regulation should remedy this by enabling a secure and trusted eID for seamless electronic interactions between businesses, citizens and public authorities.<\/p>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GSMA-Views-on-EU-Digital-Identity-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/span>\n<h5>For more information please contact:<\/h5>\n<p>\n            <div class=\"people \" id=\"people-2b4f2075\"  data-slug=\"helene-vigue\"   data-layout=\"\"><\/div>\n        \n<script>\n    window.enableSaveBreadcrumb = true;\n    window.addEventListener(\"load\", function(){\n      const people_list = new People_List();\n      people_list.init(\"people-2b4f2075\");\n      \/\/console.log(list);\n    });\n<\/script>\n    <br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:hvigue@gsma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hvigue@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European mobile telecoms operators urge bold changes to the eIDAS Regulation to fight fraud and drive cross-border trade in tandem with ambitious plans for a European eID for all residents, the GSMA said today in its comments to the European Commission. 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