The digital identity regulation is now in force — Member States are now required to offer at least one EU Digital Identity Wallet to all Citizens and Residents, by 2026. 👇 Read more about what this means on our website.

Using EU Digital Identity Wallets is totally optional. There will be no mandatory issuance to EU citizens. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more:

Join us at FOSDEM 2025, a free open-source event, happening on 1-2 February in Brussels, with a dedicated developer room on Digital Wallets & Verifiable Credentials, where we’ll be presenting at 12:30 (Sunday, 2 February). Don't miss out on this chance to network with experts! 🧑‍💻 Topics include: * Insights from the Large Scale Pilots * Member State perspectives on digital wallets * Ecosystems, Zero Knowledge Proofs, and open-source contributions 👉 No need to register and attendance is free.We look forward to engaging with the developer community! No need to register and attendance is free, check out the schedule here:

Wallets must be compliant to the highest security standards available today to ensure that personal data is fully protected. All wallets will be thoroughly tested and independently certified to ensure that all security requirements are valid. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more

Member States have the choice to offer the wallets to their citizens and residents themselves, mandate another organisation with the provision, or recognise an independent provider. The offer may differ by Member State. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more:

Transparency on the technical set-up of the wallets is important for public trust and for building a well functioning and fully secure system. Everybody can scrutinise the technological set-up proposed and provide feedback on the choices made. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more

We're taking a short break from social media, but we'll soon be back with the latest news and updates about the project in 2025. The EU Digital Identity Wallet team wishes you happy holidays!

You will be able to use EU Digital Identity Wallets to access digital services, including certain private services. Providers of private services must accept the wallets at the request of the wallet user where strong user authentication is required.

For now the personal identification data provided by one Member State can only be used within the wallet provided by this Member State. But this does not matter as all national wallets will be completely interoperable and will work across the EU. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more:

The European Commission gave a masterclass about EU Digital Identity Wallets at the 2024 Web Summit, covering the benefits for businesses and the key role of public-private sector partnerships. 👇 Follow the link to learn more and download the event slides:

A milestone in the EU Digital Identity Wallet project is reached, as the Commission adopts five implementing regulations laying down rules for the core functionalities and certification of the wallets. This means that in 24 months EU citizens will have access to wallets! 👇

Electronic Attestations of Attributes, or EEAs are a type of digital document that can be added, stored and presented with the EU Digital Identity Wallet, like a university diploma. We refer to EEAs as digital documents on our website. 👇 Visit our FAQ for more:

New Implementing Acts are now open for feedback! In a new article you can find out more about the new acts, step-by-step instructions on how to give your feedback, and links to each individual Implementing Act. Just follow the link below. Be sure to make your voice heard.

Huge news! The commission has adopted implementing regulations that detail the core functionalities of European Digital Identity Wallets as well as how certification will work. This means citizens can now expect wallets by the end of 2026! Read the official release below.

Did you miss our recent videos? Watch all the chapters at once. Get a glimpse of EU Digital Identity Wallets; including setting them up, and sharing and presenting digital documents. Safe and private digital identification for everyone in Europe will soon be here 👇Watch now

Take control of your data with EU Digital Identity Wallets. Thanks to the Privacy Dashboard you'll have a full overview of the data you share and who is receiving it, and you can even request that the processing of your data be stopped. 👇 Watch it now

Exploring the EU Digital Identity Wallets at #WebSummit Join the European Commission - Digital EU for an in-depth masterclass on the EU Digital Identity Wallets and their transformative potential for businesses presented by Connor Fitzmaurice, DG CONNECT. 👇 Discover more:

Soon you will be able to fit all you need into one app. A new video shows how easy it will be to store and present important digital documents with your EU Digital Identity Wallet. Always have the documents you need close at hand! 👇 Watch now:

Setting up your new EU Digital Identity Wallet will be as easy as it is fast. Check out a new video showing just how it could work in practice. Don't miss out on this first look at the wallets! 👇 Watch now:

Now is your chance to get a first look at how EU Digital Identity Wallets will work thanks to a new video series 🔁 . You can watch the first intro video below, and stay tuned for explainers on the privacy dashboard, digital documents, and more. ⤵

The blueprints for the wallet: Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF): a high-level overview of the standards and practices needed to build the wallet. The Reference Implementation: code libraries that will be made publicly available. 👇 Learn more here: