Digidentity

eHerkenning is similar to DigiD. Just like citizens can use DigiD to login with the government agencies, companies, entrepreneurs and professionals can do that with eHerkenning.

An eHerkenning tool is person-bound. It cannot be transferred to someone else, such as a colleague. As user of eHerkenning, you can be authorised by your supervisor to act on behalf of your company with your service providers. 1 or more authorisations are registered when applying for a tool.

€0.75

per employee

per company

per month

No extra costs

Minimum contract period 12 months

Yearly billing

€9 ex VAT per year

Request EH1

€1.75

per employee

per company

per month

No extra costs

Minimum contract period 12 months

Yearly billing

€21 ex VAT per year

Request EH2+

€6.00

per employee

per company

per month

No extra costs

Minimum contract period 12 months

Yearly billing

One time cost €17.50 for the face-to-face check

€72 ex VAT per year

Request EH3

€6.00

per employee

per company

per month

No extra costs

Minimum contract period 12 months

Yearly billing

One time cost €17.50 for the face-to-face check

€72 ex VAT per year

Request EH4

Physical identification

An eHerkenning tool can be requested online. For an eHerkenning tool with assurance level 3 and 4, a face-to-face check is also required. This happens at our office or at the customer's location.

Signatures on contracts, employment agreements, purchase agreements, leases, living wills, tenders, policies, building plans and other documents no longer need to be handwritten on paper. These documents can be attested by a digital signature.

Using eSGN by Digidentity, you can digitally sign PDF documents in a legal valid way. This digital signature also ensures that the document has not been edited afterwards.

You can download the eSGN app from the app store on a tablet, it is also available as a web application, or you can integrate the functionality into your own workflow.

Benefits

Ease: The signatory can conduct his or her business fully digitally at any location and at any time. The signatory can simply sign using his or her mobile phone, laptop, desktop computer, or tablet. eSGN allows for multiple signatories. Having an eSGN account allows them to notified when a document is ready for signing and you will receive a message as soon as everyone has signed the document.
Cost savings: Thanks to digital signing, save money by reducing printing on paper, administrative actions and mail.
Time saving: Reduce operational costs and put an end to manual processes. This way, you will no longer need to send prompt notes or follow up by phone: If a signatory still lingers over your contract, you can send them a fast reminder through eSGN (in the app). This will save you time and effort.
Safe: We are fully compliant with the latest security standards .
Legal validity: The qualified digital signature is 100% legally valid, it is legally equivalent to a handwritten signature.
Environmentally friendly: No paper, printing or mail.

What is an electronic or digital signature?

An electronic or digital signature is equivalent to a hand-written signature. An electronic signature consists of cryptographic electronic data that are attached to a digital document.

The purpose of an electronic or digital signature is to establish:

the identity of the sender (authenticity and identification) and§
the invariability of the information sent (integrity).

The app eSGN

You can download the eSGN app from the app store on a tablet (and it is also available as a web application). Once you have signed in with your Digidentity account, you can start using eSGN right away.

Integrating digital signatures into the workflow

Alternatively, you can choose to integrate digital signatures into the existing workflow of your company or organization. Send, sign and share immediately from the applications that you are already using.

We provide a user-friendly integration of digital signatures into your own application (Application Programming Interface, API). This could be a portal, a mobile app, document management system (DMS) or any other application in which documents need to be signed in a straightforward and legally valid way.

So:

no separate application, but entering digital signatures directly from the trusted custom applications and
signing large volumes.

Types of signatures and legal validity

There are three types of electronic signatures:

Get started quickly using eSGN Basic with a digital signature. You can use this electronic signature to sign your insurance policy for example: Once you pay the insurer the premium and they have your address details, this type offers sufficient reliability (and legally valid).
eSGN Advanced is a legally valid digital signature. The advanced digital signature provides a high degree of reliability and offers legal certainty, because the identity of the signer has been established and attested to by us. This signature is used, for instance, to file your tax return.
With eSGN Qualified you have the most reliable digital signature. It is a qualified digital signature that is legally equivalent to a handwritten signature. In the case of a legal dispute, the contrary must be proven.

Request eSGN Advanced Request eSGN Qualified

eIDAS

This arrangement is known as the eIDAS Regulation. eIDAS is the acronym for 'Electronic Identification and Trust Services (for electronic transactions in the Internal Market)', referring to the eIDAS Regulation no. 910/2014 of the European Parliament.

European member states have agreed to use the same concepts, arrangements and infrastructure with regard to access to online services. This ensures that the levels of reliability of the login schemes used within the European Union are aligned. The various arrangements have been enshrined in the eIDAS Regulation.

This regulation promotes cross-border services and trade between citizens and businesses in the European member states.

The eIDAS Regulation became effective on 17 September 2014. As from September 2018, the mutual recognition of notified member state eIDs is mandatory.

Digital services

eIDAS renders digital services accessible to Europeans residing in the Netherlands. Expats, foreign students and seasonal workers do not need to apply for a Dutch DigiD, but can log in using their own eID instead, for instance to apply for a parking permit or to inform their municipality they have moved.

National login schemes or eIDs

In the Netherlands, we use DigiD, eHerkenning or Idensys. The Fins use a Mobiilivarmenne or FINeID; in Denmark, one can log in using a NemID; and in Spain, citizens use a Documento Nacional de Identidad electrónico (DNIe).

Incoming and outgoing traffic

The regulation consists of two parts, i.e. incoming and outgoing traffic.

Incoming traffic

European citizens using their national login scheme to log in to Dutch service providers. For instance, expats can already log in to the portal of the municipality of Wassenaar by means of their own national login ID in order to access their personal data. This section of the regulation is mandatory for Dutch public organisation.

Outgoing traffic

Dutch citizens logging in to service providers elsewhere in Europe using a notified login scheme (recognised by Europe). This part of the regulation is not mandatory However, DigiD, eHerkenning and Idensys intend to have their login schemes notified. This will render them suitable for logging in to all European government services.

Regulation concerns the entire public sector

Since all member states must implement the mandatory section of the regulation, so – obviously – must the Netherlands. The public sector is at the forefront of this development, as the European measure is binding for all public organisations (i.e. those offering digital services involving online authentication and accepting login schemes with 'substantial' and 'high' levels of reliability). Apart from this, private organisations performing public tasks likewise need to comply with the regulation. Thus, the regulation concerns ministries, implementing organisations such as RDW and UWV, municipalities, provinces, district water boards, but also private independent administrative bodies (ZBOs), academic hospitals and pension funds.

On 25 July 2017, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs issued an administrative letter on eIDAS (only Dutch). This letter informs 808 public organisations and private organisations performing a public duty regarding the eIDAS regulation. If your organisation received this letter, you are obliged to comply with this European regulation.

What does your organisation need to do to comply with the obligation?

In the Netherlands, you can comply with the eIDAS obligation for online access through the eHerkenning | Idensys system. This means that by connecting to an eHerkenning | Idensys broker you will comply with the obligation to grant EU citizens online access to your service. As accredited brokers, we are able to arrange this connection for you.

Are you already connected to eHerkenning | Idensys? Then you are part-way to complying with the measure.

Are you participating in DigiD? In that case, we can arrange a connection to eHerkenning | Idensys for you.

Please contact us to find out which steps you need to take.

What is the advantage of the eIDAS regulation for my organisation?

Prior to the eIDAS regulation, your customer service was tasked with the administrative processing of European citizens, consumers and company representatives. These administrative processes were often long-winded and complex compared to the digital services that were already being provided for Dutch citizens, consumers and company representatives. Thanks to the eIDAS regulation, public services providers will be able to render services to European citizens, consumers and company representatives more easily and more cheaply.

Trust services

The European Union's eIDAS legislation goes beyond electronic identification.

Trust services are electronic services, usually provided for remuneration, which comprise the following:

creating, verifying and validating electronic signatures, electronic seals or electronic time stamps, services for electronic registered delivery and certificates related to those services; or
creating, verifying and validating certificates for website authentication; or
preserving electronic signatures, seals or certificates related to those services (article 3, under 16, eIDAS Regulation).

Trust services are understood to mean:

electronic signatures (also called digital signature, e-signature or e-sign);
electronic seals;
electronic time stamps;
services for registered delivery;
electronic certificates for website authentication.

With regard to trust services, a distinction is made between qualified and non-qualified services. In principle, a non-qualified supplier is any supplier offering such a service. A qualified provider is a provider that offers services with a higher level of reliability.

The change that probably impacts on the providers of such services most is the new notification requirement and duty of care. As from 1 July 2016, providers of both qualified and non-qualified trust services are to report incidents with a significant impact to the supervisory body (the Authority for Consumers and Markets – the ACM) and, where appropriate, also to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Moreover, there are enhanced supervision and security requirements. For instance, qualified trust service providers are to carry out annual security audits and submit their results to the supervisory body.

Are you a trust service provider and do you want to find out what this means to your organisation and which measures you need to take? Please contact us. We are happy to help you!

Digidentity is a certified Trusted Service Provider (TSP). As objective organisation, we provide commercial reliability with digital transactions. We do this with commercial and technical security services.

A TSP has technical and legally reliable resources for performing and facilitating electronic transactions, and for producing objective evidence in case of disputes.

Periodic audits

As neutral facilitator, it is important to us to control our processes. To guarantee this control, Digidentity is periodically audited according to the norms of ETSI EN 319 411-1, ETSI EN 319 411-2 and ISO 27001:2013.

For more information, read the general terms and conditions of Digidentity and the Certificate Practice Statements of PKIgovernment.

Our certifications

BSI - ISO/IEC 27001:2013

Delivery of Identity Services, Digital Signing and Certificate Services by the processes Registration, Dessimination, Authorisation, Broker and Revocation Service, IT Operations and Development.

BSIGroup.com Certificate ISC 066

BSI - ETSI EN 319 411-1

Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 1: General requirements

Providing Certification Authority processes and services under the Staat der Nederlanden Root CA-G2, the Staat der Nederlanden Organisatie CA-G2 and the Staat der Nederlanden Burger CA-G2.

BSIGroup.com Certificate ETS 043

BSI - ETSI EN 319 411-2

Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 2: Requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing EU qualified certificates

Providing Certification Authority processes and services under the Staat der Nederlanden Root CA-G2, the Staat der Nederlanden Organisatie CA-G2 and the Staat der Nederlanden Burger CA-G2.

BSIGroup.com Certificate ETS 015

PKIgovernment

Public Key Infrastructure for the government, in short PKIgovernment, enable reliable communication. PKI certificates secure the information that persons and organisations send via internet on a high level of reliability.

Logius.nl

eHerkenning

We are officially recognised by the eHerkenning administration organisation, part of the minister of Economic Affairs, as eHerkenning broker. This means that we can offer services and solutions for the total playing field of eHerkenning, the successor of DigiD for companies.

eHerkenning.nl

tScheme

tScheme is the independent, industry-led, self-regulating system set up to create strict assessment criteria based on which the Trust Services will be approved.

tScheme.org

About Digidentity
1. Digidentity B.V. is a registered limited company in The Netherlands, with company number 27322631, located at Waldorpstraat 17P, 2521 CA, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2. If you have any questions about the identity service, you can visit our website www.digidentity.eu or contact us via
Contract & Scope of Application
1. Digidentity delivers products and services for identity management and verification of identity. Digidentity is a Trust Service Provider for the issuance and management of EU qualified and advanced certificates, email certificates and server certificates.
2. These are the Terms & Conditions Digidentity B.V. These Terms & Conditions are applicable to all products and services delivered by Digidentity.
3. These Terms & Conditions are the foundation of the binding agreement between you (person or organisation) and Digidentity B.V. The Terms & Conditions exclude any other Terms & Conditions. In addition to these Terms & Conditions you may be required to accept product specific Terms & Conditions. These will be made available to you during the registration/application process where applicable.
4. These Terms & Conditions will apply to all aspects of the relationship and the contract between you and Digidentity, unless Digidentity has otherwise expressly agreed to in writing. Unconditional acceptance and agreement of these Terms & Conditions is implied.
5. Before being able to register for a product and/or service, you need to read and explicitly agree to these Terms & Conditions. To legally accept these Terms & Conditions you must have reached the legal age in your country of residence. This means that you are able to legally enter a binding contract.
6. The Terms & Conditions will continue to apply whether or not the application process, and/or verification of your identity, is successful.
7. Digidentity reserves the right to modify these Terms & Conditions at all times. The modified version will apply as soon as Digidentity has published them on the website. Once the Terms & Conditions change you will be required to read and accept them on your next use of your account.
8. If you are not in agreement with any modified or revised Digidentity Terms & Conditions, you can no longer use the Digidentity Identity Services. In that case you can contact the Service Desk who can arrange the deactivation of your account. You can reactivate your account within 30 days after deactivation by logging in and accept the Digidentity Terms & Conditions. After 30 days, your account is deleted.
Our Service
1. When you register for any product, you will need to register for an account. The process of verification will begin upon beginning registration and includes the validation and verification of the documents and data that you, and other sources, have provided.
2. To complete the registration process, you will need to submit all of the data required. If you do not supply all of the required data it will not be possible to verify your identity and/or organisation, and we will be unable to provide you with the product you require.
3. If the registration process is successful then Digidentity will make the product available to you via use of/or within your account, and the registration process will be complete.
4. If the registration process results in no confirmation and/or no verification, the application will be rejected, and the product will not be made available to you.
5. The decision to approve or reject applications for Digidentity’s products and services remains for Digidentity B.V. at all times.
Products
1. At Digidentity, you are able to register/apply for the products listed on our website, to which these Terms & Conditions apply.
2. The use of our service is described in these Terms & Conditions, product specific Terms & Conditions and our Certificate Practice Statement.
Product Validity
1. For GOV.UK Verify accounts it is necessary to revalidate users within 180 days of first registration. If this revalidation is successful then no further validation will take place, and the account will remain active unless a request for deactivation or deletion has taken place. During the revalidation process GOV.UK Verify users may be asked to provide a new identity evidence.
2. For eHerkenning accounts the initial contract is for twelve (12) months. After twelve (12) months have passed, the account is automatically renewed for twelve (12) months and can be cancelled on a monthly basis.
3. SSL/SBR Certificates from the PKIo Private root are valid for three (3) years. Once the Certificate has expired a new application will be required. Digidentity do not extend existing Certificates but will issue new ones.
4. SSL Certificates from the PKIo public root are valid for two (2) years. Once the Certificate has expired a new application will be required. Digidentity do not extend existing Certificates but will issue new ones.
5. For eSGN Certificates (Qualified and Advanced) the initial contract is twelve (12) months. After twelve (12) months have passed, the account is automatically renewed for twelve (12) months and can be cancelled on a monthly basis.
6. For Profession Certificates initial contract period is for twelve (12) months. After twelve (12) months have passed, the account is automatically renewed for twelve (12) months and can be cancelled on a monthly basis.
7. Accounts and/or contracts cannot be transferred. Applicants, personal or organisational, must register for their own account.
Notice to Relying Parties
1. Digidentity recommends that relying parties verify the validity or revocation of the certificates using the current revocation status information.
2. Digidentity recommends that relying parties take account of any limitations on the usage of the certificate indicated either in the Terms & Conditions, Certificate Practice Statement or in the certificate itself.
3. Digidentity recommends that relying parties take the precautions prescribed in agreements and elsewhere.
4. Digidentity recommends that relying parties check the validity of certificates via the complete certificate chain to the trusted root certificate.
Personal Data Verification
1. To register an account, you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity. The evidence that you provide will be used to verify your personal data. The evidence requested can include:
2. Digidentity will only request the data which is required to create and verify your identity.
3. From time-to-time, Digidentity are required to perform revalidation of your existing data via the relevant issuing authorities. This is necessary to ensure that Digidentity have up-to-date and accurate information for the purposes of identity verification.
4. Any issued authentication certificate is not to be regarded as a form of legal identification document per the WID (Wet Identification – Dutch Law of Identification). Legal identification can only be shown by providing a recognised ID document.
5. Digidentity verifies the request for a certificate for Registered Professionals with the Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie voor Accountants (NBA).
Organisation Verification
1. If your registration/application is on behalf of an organisation, or with authorisation of an organisation then Digidentity will request the following evidence/information, where applicable;
2. Digidentity will only request the data which is required to verify the organisational identity and legal representation.
3. Digidentity will not issue certificates and/or other products if the organisation is in bankruptcy proceedings, or no longer registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce.
4. Digidentity will only issue certs to legal representative(s) with appropriate authorisations to enter a contract on behalf on an organisation.
5. If the Dutch Chamber of Commerce registry shows joint legal representation, then Digidentity will request authorisation from all legal representatives listed in the registry, without exception.
6. Any issued authentication certificate is not to be regarded as a form of legal identification document per the WID (Wet Identification – Dutch Law of Identification). Legal identification can only be shown by providing a recognised ID document per the WID.
Certificate Acceptance
1. The certificate is deemed to have been accepted by the subscriber once a period of more than one (1) calendar month has passed without any communication being received from the subscriber (person or organisation), or, that the certificate has been downloaded, used and/or installed.
Deactivation, Deletion and Revocation
1. You can deactivate your account at any time using the ‘Deactivate my account’ link in your account. A 30-day period deactivation period is started, as set out in our Certificate Practice Statement. You will not be able to use your account or the products in your account. You can reactivate your account by logging in within 30 days after deactivation. If you have not reactivated your account within those 30 days, your account and all personal data will be deleted, and all certificates issued to you will be revoked. Relevant records will be kept for compliance purposes, in accordance with appropriate laws.
2. You can delete your account at any time by using the ‘Delete my account’ link in your account. Digidentity will permanently delete your account and personal data from our systems. Any certificates that have been issued to you will be revoked. Relevant records will be kept for compliance purposes, in accordance with appropriate laws.
3. If certificates have been issued to you, you can revoke these certificates by logging into your identity account and clicking ‘Revoke certificates’. Once you have clicked this link, you will have to provide your password for authentication. Next, you will see an overview of all two factor authenticators and your personal certificates. You can revoke the relevant certificate by clicking ‘Delete smartcard and revoke certificates’ alongside the corresponding smartcard. Revocation will occur immediately, and you will no longer be able to use your certificate.
4. You may request revocation of your SSL/SBR certificate by logging into your SSL/SBR account and clicking ‘revoke’ alongside the corresponding certificate. Revocation will occur immediately, and you will no longer be able to use your certificate.
5. Digidentity reserves the right to deactivate accounts with immediate effect if there is any reason to believe or suspect that the verification and/or validation provided is no longer correct, or has been faulty, false or fraudulent as set out in the Certificate Practice Statement. If you want to continue using an account, you will need to apply for a new account.
6. Digidentity reserves the right to revoke any certificate if there is any violation of these Terms & Conditions, or any contractual agreement, or that Digidentity discovers that the certificate has been used, is being used, or will be used for any criminal activities, including phishing, fraud or for the distribution of malware/viruses.
7. Once a certificate is revoked or expired you may no longer use the private key associated with it.
8. Digidentity will refer any fraudulent activity to the relevant authorities. On behalf of the Identity service, we may also report any suspicious activities to any relevant body or appropriate authority.
9. Digidentity reserves the right to deactivate accounts with immediate effect if it considers communications from a user to Digidentity employees to be harassing, threatening, abusive. As far as Digidentity is concerned, this makes it impossible to provide reasonable services in support of applications for a digital identity. Digidentity will report any continuation of abusive, threatening or harassing behaviour to the appropriate authorities.
Our Obligations
1. Digidentity will provide the services as described on the website, in accordance with the Terms & Conditions, the Privacy Statement and Certification Practice Statement. Digidentity will carry out any contractual obligations. However, these obligations are no guarantee for a successful outcome in your application.
2. Digidentity aims to provide a continuously functioning and accessible service but makes no guarantees about the availability of any services provided. You accept the fact that (temporary) disruptions may occur which would render the service inaccessible on occasions.
3. Digidentity aims to make a documentation repository available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Should this repository become unavailable, Digidentity aims to recover its availability within four (4) hours.
4. Digidentity reserves the right to limit availability to or render the services entirely inaccessible for limited periods of time in order to carry out maintenance and/or implementation of required modifications. Digidentity aims to carry out these scheduled down times in periods which could be reasonably considered to affect the minimum number of users as far as possible, e.g. outside of office hours.
5. Digidentity will provide the service in accordance with the published Digidentity Privacy Statement. This Privacy Statement is accessible on the website. Digidentity will update its Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes to data processing in relation to the service.
Your Obligations
1. You understand that verification of identity is a process that relies on personal data, available documentation and information provided by you, and is uniquely based on your data. You accept that this identity verification process cannot be based on other user experiences or requirements.
2. You ensure and warranty to take all reasonable measures to assure control of, keep confidential, and protect the private key which corresponds to the public key of your issued SSL/SBR certificate. As a personal subscriber, you ensure the private key is under your sole control. As an organisational subscriber (legal subscriber) you ensure the private key is under the control of the subject.
3. You accept that unauthorised use of the subject’s private key is forbidden.
4. You ensure and warrant to install the SSL/SBR certificate only on servers that are accessible at the subjectAltName listed in the certificate, and only to use the certificate in accordance with all applicable laws, agreements and Terms & Conditions.
5. You are obliged to report without any reasonable delay any suspected misuse, actual misuse or compromise of your certificate to Digidentity, and to immediately request revocation of the certificate.
6. You are obliged to notify Digidentity, without delay, if the private key has been lost, stolen or potentially or actually compromised, and to immediately and permanently stop use of this key, excepting key decipherment.
7. You are obliged to notify Digidentity, without delay, if control over the private key has been lost due to theft, compromise or loss of the activation data e.g. PIN code.
8. You accept your obligation for the key pair to only be used in accordance with any limitations notified. You also accept the obligation to only use the private key for cryptographic functions within the secure cryptographic device.
9. You ensure and guarantee that all data and documents provided are correct, complete, accurate and up‐to‐date, and that they conform to the requirements as set out by Digidentity during the registration process and application. You will update your online profile if changes occur in the data you have submitted upon registering. For SSL/SBR certificates you must inform Digidentity of any changes which cause a mismatch in your certificate information. You will follow instructions and requirements for any transfer of data (via the online process or using the mobile/tablet application) that Digidentity indicates.
10. You agree to inform Digidentity without delay if there are any security concerns, security issues or data leaks. Digidentity will treat any report as confidential and will handle it in accordance with appropriate laws and regulations to minimise damages. Digidentity aims to resolve any security alert as fast as reasonably possible and will take steps to inform any third parties that the issue affects.
11. You accept the obligation to inform Digidentity of any violation of the Terms described in articles 12, c) and 15, adding a detailed description of such violation and any other relevant information. You must take all reasonable measures to prevent further and/or continuing violations and will take all reasonable measures to limit any damage resulting from such a violation.
12. You accept the obligation to pay the invoice from Digidentity within fourteen (14) days after the issue date of the invoice.
Limitations of Use of our Website
1. It is forbidden to copy, pass on, sell, publish or make a profit from any content of the website, products, services or associated materials of Digidentity.
2. It is forbidden to use the website, products or associated materials of Digidentity in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website, products or associated materials.
3. It is forbidden to access the Digidentity website and associated materials using any robot, spider or other means.
Personal Data
1. You acknowledge that Digidentity supply an identity, authentication and authorisation service and you understand that Digidentity will process personal data to establish an identity and to verify the validity of personal data or documents. Digidentity is the Data Controller as defined under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will process the personal data with due care, in compliance with any applicable data protection laws including the GDPR, and these Terms & Conditions, unless otherwise agreed upon.
2. Digidentity processes the personal data in order to perform its duties under the contract with you and to create and maintain a direct relationship with you as indicated in the Privacy Statement. For the avoidance of doubt: this includes comparing and checking the data against databases (public or otherwise) that are available for the purpose. Digidentity will not process the personal data for other purposes, unless the processing is required on the basis of a legal obligation or a co urt order, or if you have given your consent.
3. In order to perform its duties under the contract, Digidentity will involve relying parties in the processing of personal data. Digidentity will take appropriate measures to ensure that these relying parties will process personal data in accordance with the purpose and applicable data protection laws.
Confidentiality
1. Digidentity and you are obliged to take all reasonable measures to protect confidential information or the identity account from unauthorised access, loss, damage, modification or unauthorised processing. In the event that such an issue occurs, you must inform Digidentity without delay of any unauthorised access, loss, damage, modification or unauthorised processing.
Record Retention
1. Digidentity may retain the following information (once registration is successful) during the lifetime of the account;
2. Once deletion is confirmed, the account data is archived in an encrypted state for seven (7) years. Access to the archive is only given to authorised senior personnel, and only provided upon the requirement to provide evidence e.g. court proceedings. The archive remains locked under all other circumstances.
3. Digidentity will keep an event log of information having been received per account, which includes the receipt of data, the processing thereof and the outcome. These event logs are kept for the same period as the account data – seven (7) years once the account is deleted.
Rights of Ownership and Intellectual Property
1. At all times, any intellectual property rights that have to do with the identity service, or associated materials remain the property of Digidentity, the licensee or our supplier.
2. Your right to use the identity service or associated materials does not entitle you to any intellectual property rights of the identity service or associated materials. Digidentity only provides a non‐exclusive right to use the identity service and/or associated materials to verify your identity and create an account. Your usage rights are strictly personal and cannot be transferred to any other person.
3. It is forbidden to use (part of) the identity service, data or associated materials in any way that would result in the violation of intellectual property rights of Digidentity, the licensee or suppliers.
4. Digidentity reserves the right to take all necessary measures to protect their own, the licensee's or suppliers' intellectual property rights. These measures include ending the use of the identity service or associated materials when the contract ends. It is forbidden to use, remove or avoid any such measures in any way.
Liabilities
1. Nothing in these Terms & Conditions excludes or limits our liability in respect of
2. We are not responsible to you for any loss or damage suffered by you which was not an obvious consequence of us breaching these Terms & Conditions. We are not responsible to you for losses which you suffer due to any events beyond our reasonable control. We are not responsible to you for losses that that Digidentity has not caused directly by actions.
3. You cannot hold Digidentity liable for damages resulting from events beyond reasonable control or that Digidentity has not caused directly by actions.
4. You cannot hold Digidentity liable for any indirect damages or damages that were/or are caused because you did not/or do not take appropriate measures to:
5. In all cases, the liability of Digidentity shall be limited to the usual and foreseeable damages. You cannot hold Digidentity liable for any business damages after using the identity service in the capacity of a consumer.
6. You can never hold Digidentity liable in respect of any damages resulting from
Limitation of Action
1. You must bring any claim for damages against Digidentity within one year after the damage has occurred.
Force Majeure
1. Digidentity is not obliged to perform any of the obligations under the contract or the Terms & Conditions in case of force majeure. Force majeure is understood to be a turn of event which is out of the reasonable control of the affected party, and therefore, if Digidentity cannot perform actions associated with, and not limited to;
2. Digidentity take measures to thwart the risk of any interruption to services, and have a business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan.
Applicable Laws, Regulations and Audits
1. The contract and the Terms & Conditions are governed by Dutch law in adherence and conformity with application European Directives, specifically Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights regarding laws on privacy.
2. Digidentity is audited and approved for the issuance, management and revocation of Qualified Certificates for electronic signatures per Regulation no. 910/2014 (EU), known as eIDAS.
3. Digidentity is audited annually against the requirements of ETSI EN 319 401, ETSI EN 319 411-1, ETSI EN 319 411-2, CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements, CA/Browser Forum Network Security Requirements, PKIoverheid Programma van Eisen, Afsprakenstelsel eHerkenning, tScheme and ISO27001:2013. Current certification can be viewed via this link: https://www.digidentity.eu/nl/home/#certifications
Complaints
1. Digidentity has a complaints procedure available, which can be viewed via this link: https://www.digidentity.eu/en/home/#complaints-procedure
2. Any dispute that a user and Digidentity cannot settle amicably will be brought before the competent judge of the place where Digidentity have a statutory seat (The Hague). If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge is also competent, then the case may also be brought before this judge. If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge has exclusive competence, then the case may only be brought before that judge.
Warranties
1. Any dispute that a user and Digidentity cannot settle amicably will be brought before the competent judge of the place where Digidentity have a statutory seat (The Hague). If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge is also competent, then the case may also be brought before this judge. If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge has exclusive competence, then the case may only be brought before that judge.
Concluding Provision
1. Any dispute that a user and Digidentity cannot settle amicably will be brought before the competent judge of the place where Digidentity have a statutory seat (The Hague). If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge is also competent, then the case may also be brought before this judge. If applicable Dutch or European law provisions determine that another judge has exclusive competence, then the case may only be brought before that judge.
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Introduction

At Digidentity, we respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal data. In this Privacy Statement, we will inform you about the personal data we collect and process and how we protect your personal data.

Who Are We

This Privacy Statement describes Digidentity B.V.'s collection and use of personal data. References in this Statement to "Digidentity", "we" or "us" shall mean Digidentity B.V. (registered in the Netherlands under company number 27322631), being the data controller for the data processing.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT?

With every service we provide, we take the protection of your privacy and personal data seriously. We ensure that we collect and process personal data for the services provided and in compliance with applicable privacy and data protection law (including but not limited to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)).

We do not allow anyone to use or access your personal data for any other purposes than those set out in this Statement.

In this Statement, we give you information about how Digidentity collects and processes your personal data when you visit our website or otherwise interact with us. This includes any personal data that you provide when you purchase our products or services. The Statement also informs you how you can exercise your rights.

It is important that you read both this Privacy Statement and our Terms & Conditions. This Privacy Statement does not override earlier policies, but rather supplements them.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

If you have any questions, comments or requests concerning this Privacy Statement, please contact our Data Protection Officer (by e-mail, postal service or phone) using the details set out below.

Email address: privacy@digidentity.eu
Postal address: PO Box 19148, 2500 CC The Hague, the Netherlands
Telephone number: +3188 7 78 78 78

If you have any concerns about the way we handle your personal data, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the data protection authorities. For Digidentity, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens in the Netherlands.

FOR WHICH PURPOSES DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Execution of contract

Digidentity processes personal data for delivering our products or providing our services. The legal ground for processing personal data is to execute the contract with you for these products and services and to comply to applicable laws and regulations.

Legitimate interest

Based on our legitimate interest, we process personal data to administer and protect our business and website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data).

Consent

We use automated technologies and interactions (including, but not limited to log data and data analytics and cookies). You can subscribe to our free newsletter by entering your email address. You can unsubscribe any time via link provided in the newsletter. In eSGN, you may give consent to use your location to fill in the name of the location in the signature location field.

WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?

We process personal data when you interact with us, or when you use or purchase our products or services.

Digidentity process personal data and other data for providing our services which includes, if relevant:

Digidentity Account

To use our services and products, a Digidentity account is required. For a Digidentity account, an email address is required, and you must create a password (minimum ten characters with at least one uppercase, one lowercase character and one number). Your email address and password are needed to access your account. A pseudonym is created to identify your account within our systems.

Level of Assurance 0

Digidentity products that provide a Level of Assurance 0 (LoA0), require:

(1)eSGN Basic: your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account
(2)IVAS Level 0: your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account

Level of Assurance 1

Digidentity products that provide a Level of Assurance 1 (LoA1), require:

(1)eHerkenning Level 1: your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account) and a business email address. If applicable, an employment letter is required stating that you are employed at your organisation and an authorisation letter is required stating you are authorised to act on behalf of your organisation. The full name of legal representative(s) of organisation, business address and business role(s) which we obtain from the Chamber of Commerce (KvK). We also request copy of ID document of legal representative(s) of organisation for signature verification.

(2)GOV.UK Verify (Level 1): your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), phone number, full name, current and previous names, gender and addresses (minimum of one year of name and address history). Based on your name and address history, your UK credit file is checked in order match your details, as well as to generate Knowledge Based Verification (KBV) questions. We may also use your mobile phone number to verify a mobile contract attached to it. If the KBVs are attempted and failed, an app upload of a valid ID document is required for verification.

Level of Assurance 2/2+

Digidentity products that provide a Level of Assurance 2 or 2+ (LoA2/2+), require:

(1)eHerkenning Level 2+: we request the same personal data as for eHerkenning Level 1 with the addition of mobile phone number to add two-factor authentication and a copy of ID document (for full name, date of birth and nationality verification).

(2)GOV.UK Verify (Level 2): we request the same personal data as for GOV.UK Verify Level 1 with the addition of three years of name and address history, active history in your credit file, plus one or more ID documents to prove who you are. If you verify a document using the Digidentity app on your mobile device, you must provide pictures of your ID document and selfies (of you) in order to compare the photo on the ID document with the selfies. When you provide the details of your ID documents using a manual form, we verify the data using the Document Checking Service (GOV.UK approved databases from DVLA, DVA and the UK Passport Office).

Level of Assurance 3 or Substantial+

Digidentity products that provide a Level of Assurance 3 (LoA3) or Substantial Level, require:

(1)eSGN Advanced: we request your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), mobile phone number, full name, date of birth and gender. We need a copy of an ID document and three pictures (selfies) taken with the Digidentity app on your smartphone in order to compare the photo on the ID document with the selfies. We use the ID document to verify your full name, date of birth, place of birth and nationality and complete your registration.

(2)eHerkenning Level 3: we request the same personal data as for eSGN Advanced with the addition of business information. This includes registration number at the Chamber of Commerce, business email address, full name of legal representative(s) of organisation, copy of ID document of legal representative(s) of organisation (for identity verification), business address and business role(s). An employment letter is required stating that you are employed at your organisation. If applicable, an authorisation letter is required stating you are authorised to act on behalf of your organisation. To finish the eHerkenning Level 3, we are required to perform a face-to-face verification of your identity.

(3)IVAS Level 3: we request the same personal data as for eSGN Advanced.

(4)Solera Garage: we request the same personal data as for eSGN Advanced.

Level of Assurance 4 or High

Digidentity products that provide a Level of Assurance 4 (LoA4) or High Level, require:

(1)eSGN Qualified: we request the same personal data as for eSGN Advanced.

(2)eHerkenning Level 4: we request the same personal data as for eHerkenning Level 3.

(3)Professional Certificates: we request the same personal data as for eSGN Qualified with the additional request for your registration number from the Professional Registrar, your business email address and registration number at the Chamber of Commerce (for invoicing).

For all Level 4 products, we are required to perform a face-to-face verification of your identity. You will receive a request for a face-to-face meeting where Digidentity will verify your identity in person by checking the original ID document that you have uploaded during registration.

Server certificates

For other products, Digidentity requires:

(1)SSL/SBR:your business email address (certificate manager, contact person), mobile phone number and registration number at the Chamber of Commerce, full name of legal representative(s) of organisation, copy of ID document(s) of legal representative(s) of organisation (for identity verification), business address and business role(s).

Other products

For other products, Digidentity requires:

(1)ZLM:your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), insurance number and date of birth. Your insurance number and date of birth are sent to ZLM for verification. If the data is correct, we receive the email address registered at ZLM.

(2)Allianz:your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), your Digital Passport and Allianz registration number. The Allianz registration number and Digital Passport data are verified with Allianz. After approval of the application, Digidentity receives the name, date of birth and gender from the Digital Passport issuer Solera.

(3)Solera MMM:your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), name and a copy of an ID document.

(4)Smartr365:your email address (as provided in your Digidentity account), name and a copy of an ID document.

Digidentity website

We use cookies and Google Analytics on our websites:

(1)Cookies:Cookies are files that store information on your device. We use cookies to provide you our services and products. These cookies are required for our products or services to work properly. We use cookies to analyse the use of our websites so we can improve performance, navigation and website experience. These cookies never store personal data. You can delete all cookies currently stored on your device. You can find out how to delete cookies for your browser by clicking 'Help' in your browser's menu.

(2)Google Analytics:Digidentity uses Google Analytics to monitor and analyse the use of our website. We have set up Google Analytics to anonymise your IP address. We collect only anonymised data to improve our website, products and services.

Digidentity Mobile App

The Digidentity mobile app (for Apple iOS and Android) may be used in the registration process, supports authentication and provides access to your virtual smartcard. The mobile app requests access to the camera of your mobile phone to allow scanning of QR codes. Your name is displayed on the virtual smartcard. If you enable analytics in the mobile app, we collect anonymised data on the use of our mobile app.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Digidentity use your personal data to execute the contract that you have entered with us.

We are required by laws and regulations and international standards for digital identities to verify all personal data provided to make sure that your data is correct. Your email address and phone number are verified by sending a conformation code so we can verify you are in possession of the email address and phone number. We may use your mobile phone number and email address to contact you in relation to the product or service that you use.

We verify your full name, date of birth and nationality using a copy of your ID document. Your age is determined from you date of birth to verify you are of legal age for entering a contract us. During the registration, you are requested to upload a copy of both front and back of a valid ID document.

Digidentity use an external automated document validation system that checks if the ID document is genuine and valid. These automated validation check if all information is present and according to requirements (document valid, picture present, social security number passes the verification check). Documents that have been modified or data is hidden will be rejected. We collect your full name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, nationality and ID document number from your ID document as prove of verification. Your full name and nationality are included into digital certificates issued to you.

For professional certificates, we verify your registration at the Professional Registrar using your registration number to make sure you are eligible for a professional certificate.

During registration, three pictures (selfies) must be taken which we will compare to the picture on the ID document to verify your identity. The copies of your ID document and three selfies will be permanently deleted after 14 days. Credit file data (GOV.UK Verify) is deleted after 30 days.

HOW DO WE SECURE YOUR DATA?

Digidentity has taken the necessary security measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We limit access to your personal data to those employees who have a business need. They will only process your personal data as per our instructions, and they are legally bound to keep your personal data confidential.

We have set up procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breaches, and we will notify you and any relevant data protection authority of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

We have an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and are ISO27001:2013 certified. As part of our certification, our security measures to protect your personal data are annually evaluated by an external auditor. Digidentity is subject to regular inspections by Agentschap Telecom for Trust Services and Electronic Identification which also includes compliance to GDPR.

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

You have the right to:

request information on personal data we process and what we do with the personal data
request access to your personal data
request correction of your personal data
request erasure of your personal data
object to specific processing of the personal data
revoke your consent

When you make use of your right, we are required to verify your identity. You can access, correct or erase your personal data in your account profile. In case we rely on your consent for the processing of your data, you have to right to revoke your consent at any time.

Please note that any processing we carried out before the withdrawal of your consent remains lawful. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case when you withdraw your consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these legal rights, please contact us via the contact information.

PURPOSE

When you register with Digidentity your personal data is required to confirm your identity. This document provides you with information about how long your personal data is stored. This personal data is subject to data protection laws, as described in the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

DATA RETENTION PERIODS

The data retention periods are in the table below:

Type of Data	Retention Period	Archive after (after an account is inactive)*
Personal details – name, address, date of birth	While account is active	7 years
Mobile phone number	While account is active	7 years
Email address	While account is active	7 years
Passport images from mobile app	6 months	•
Passport number	While account is active	7 years
Identity card images from mobile app	6 months	•
Identity card number	While account is active	7 years
Driving licence images from mobile app	6 months	•
Driving licence number	While account is active	7 years
Bank Account number (masked)	While account is active	7 years
BSN Number (masked)	Deleted immediately after checking	•
Selfies	14 days and deleted	•
Chamber of Commerce Listing (KvK)	While account is active	7 years
Bank card transactions (masked information)	While account is active	7 years

Digidentity will only store your data if necessary, to meet obligations for auditing and forensic evidence purposes. Your rights to request deletion are described in the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

During archival the data is securely stored (encrypted/masked/locked away), and is inaccessible to authorized users during daily business tasks. Data will only be accessible to personnel in functions related to security e.g. Security Officers or the Data Protection Officer (DPO).

Once the data has reached the maximum retention period of 7 years it is deleted/destroyed. The destruction of data ensures that no information can be recovered.

Report your findings.

If you find a weak spot in one of our systems, please let us know. We will always seriously consider your notification and will investigate every possible vulnerabilities. In this way we can repair this as quickly as possible. This way, we can work with you to protect our clients and systems.

We ask you

Please e-mail your findings to our Network Operation Centre ;
Do not abuse the problem, by for example
- reading more information than is necessary to prove the leak;
- download, delete or edit data or components of the software system;
Do not use attacks on physical security, social engineering, distributed denial of service, spam or applications of third parties;
Provide adequate information to reproduce the problem so that we can solve it quickly;
Do not share the problem with others until we have stated that the vulnerability has been rectified and that we have agreed with you to make it public.

We promise

To respond to your notification within 3 days. We will give our assessment of the notification and an expected date for a solution;
We will not take any legal steps against you about your notification. If you at least kept to the abovementioned requirements;
We will treat your notification confidential and will not share your personal data with third parties without your consent;
We will inform you about the progress of our rectification of the problem;
We will mention your name as the person who detected the problem in notifications, but only if you want this;
As a token of our appreciation for your help, we would like to offer you a reward. We will make a €100 donation to any of the following charities, according to your choice for every problem with our security that you detect. Choose from CARE , Homeplan , Edukans .

Summary of the Notifications

March 2019

Vulnerabilities found in the email verification process and change password process. The email verification was vulnerable when changing the email address and receiving the confirmation code. The change password function was vulnerable for a brute force attack. This was only possible if an user was logged in their account and the attacker had access to the account. The vulnerabilities have been fixed. Reported by Hamza.

May 2016

Vulnerabilities found in the 2-factor authentication of the Idensys App and the website during the pilot phase. The website was vulnerable for a brute force attack on the PUK code. The app was vulnerable for cloning of the PKI certificates. This was only possible through jail breaking/rooting and illegal possession of the smartphone. The vulnerabilities have been fixed. Rewards were applicable. Reported by Jaap van Ginkel c.s. (UvA).

April 2016

A vulnerability was found in the website. It was possible to inject (SQL/Java) codes within the web application (sub domain). The vulnerability was fixed quickly. A reward was applicable and this has been paid. Reported by Serge van Haag (VulnerabilityHunt).

October 2015

Reporting a SSL vulnerability (support of protocols that are no longer safe). This was a known vulnerability and it was in the process of being fixed. Even though it was not necessary to pay a reward for this, an amount was paid to 'CARE' charity. Reported by Joost van Hassel.

Digidentity is a certified identity provider for the GOV.UK Verify service, and as such is listed by GOV.UK as a certified company: GOV.UK website.

Via Digidentity:

Users can register for a Digidentity account to assert their identity.
Users with an asserted identity can access services available for GOV.UK Verify.
Users can expect the highest standards of authentication and security available.

To provide this service to users, Digidentity ensures that the requirements and standards of the UK Government in GPG (Good Practice Guide) 44 and GPG 45 are met.

Once a user has successfully verified for an identity account for GOV.UK Verify LoA1 or LoA2, it can be used to access associated LoA1 or LoA2 services provided by the GOV.UK Verify initiative.

How the service works

Registration

Via the GOV.UK pre-registration questions, Digidentity can be chosen as the identity provider. Once chosen, users are automatically directed to the registration process of Digidentity. The registration process will be per the chosen LoA. Users are required to accept the terms and conditions, without accepting these it is not possible to register.

Authentication

When logging into their profile, or when requiring access to GOV.UK Verify services, users are required to make use of the 2-factor authentication. Users can opt for SMS or by using the Digidentity Authenticator app available. Once authenticated users can access services and/or their profile to maintain it.

IPV

Identity proofing and verification is at the core of creating a digital identity. The information required to verify an identity is dependent on the Level of Assurance. The higher the level, the more assurance is required.

Account Maintenance

Users are in control of their own identity account, and can also make changes where needed e.g. change of name because of marriage. Changes are always verified to ensure maximum protection and security, and for fraud prevention.

Registration

Making an account

Once directed to the Digidentity process users are required to make a username, password and to confirm their email address. Once this is complete the user needs to choose their form of 2- factor authentication, e.g. SMS. 2-Factor authentication is always required to secure the account for GOV.UK verify.

Entering personal details

Users are required to enter their personal details, including; name, date of birth, gender (optional) and address. Sometimes name history and/or address history is required. Once this is entered the details are confirmed and used to collect data from a credit file. The data collected is NOT a credit reference, and has NO impact on the credit reference. The data is used to check and verify information for the process of verification, along with data/document checking services provided by the Government.

Identity proofing

Depending on the Level of Assurance users will be required to provide evidence of the identity. Users registering for LoA2 are required to reach a higher level of assurance and will need to supply a combination of evidences which include (but not limited to): UK passport, Non-UK passport, Photo card ID (Government issued), Photo card driving licence, mobile phone contract, bank transaction £0.00 and knowledge based verification (questions generated from the data). Users can also choose to provide their details using our mobile app. Since photos are required of the document, and selfies too, more assurance is attained per document. Users who provide a UK Passport with the app therefore, need only add one more piece of evidence e.g. bank transaction £0.00.

Completion

Once the process of verification is completed the user will be redirected to the service they initially required. To access services of GOV.UK in the future users can use their existing account credentials, and once successfully logged in, will be redirected to the service required.

Revalidation

During the lifespan of the account it is necessary to revalidate details within 180 days of the registration date. Revalidation is a requirement per the Good Practice Guide set out by GOV.UK. Revalidation ensures the integrity of the data within the user account. If the account revalidation occurs users may be asked to take steps to update their information e.g. passport is expired and so add a new one.

Support

Users requiring support during the process are able to contact us:

Email: helpdesk@digidentity.co.uk
Phone: +44(0)330 05 83 454

Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00
Saturday and Sunday 08:00 to 17:00

Calls cost no more than calls to geographic numbers (01 or 02) and your telecoms provider must include these calls in inclusive minutes and any discount schemes in the same way.

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