The Government delegate in Navarre, Alicia Echeverría, met today with the head of the Documentation Division of the National Police, Francisco Herrero, who informed her about the recent implementation of the digital ID card, which offers citizens the possibility of having the identity document on the mobile phone.
As Herrero explained, the digital ID is a project of the Ministry of the Interior developed by the National Police, within the framework of the Digital Identity Plan, together with the National Currency and Stamp Factory. Its implementation will transform the way of accrediting identity by citizens in their relations with the public administration and the private sector, which can now be done through an application installed on the mobile phone with the same legal validity as the physical ID and the maximum guarantees of security.
Spain is one of the first European countries to have a system for accrediting identity through the mobile phone through a simple, intuitive and effective virtual support, an advance in the way of accrediting identity to carry out any type of transaction, both in the public and private spheres.
A period of twelve months has been established for public and private entities to adopt the necessary measures for the proper functioning of the digital version of the ID. During this period, the acceptance of the new digital format will not be mandatory and both the Ministry of the Interior and the General Directorate of the Police will adopt different initiatives to promote its use among citizens.
The ID in physical format already coexists with digital identification through the mobile, which does not replace the traditional card. Access to the digital format is made through the MiDNI application, available in the main digital markets, which in a first phase allows the face-to-face accreditation of Spanish citizens, with the maximum guarantees of security, as well as verifying the authenticity of the credentials of other citizens.