Continuing the #nationalId debate, here’s the key part of the #digitalId experience in #Poland core mobile application called mObywatel.

When I want to log in to any government website, they display a QR code which I scan with the app. What then happens you see on the screenshot below (in Polish, sorry) and it’s the critical part.

The app tells me what personal details the website is requesting from me, and I am explicitly approving this share.

In this case, I was logging in to Polish social insurance insurance. The only details they need from me is name, surname and unique id number (think NINo) which binds to my insurance account. That’s it.

Why this is important? Because this explicit share approval provides you with full transparency on what data you’re sharing and with whom.

Of course, the social insurance already has all of my details since I’ve started university, but then mObywatel also integrates with commercial institutions, like banks.

Then it becomes useful, because you can literally open a bank account online using mObywatel, in which case you will have to authorise much more details - which you’d normally be required to fill in a paper form in the bank branch. But it will be always you to see and approve what you share with whom.