TalTech Journal of European Studies (Sep 2021)

Those Who Shall Be Identified: The Data Protection Aspects of the Legal Framework for Electronic Identification in the European Union

  • Andraško Jozef,
  • Mesarčík Matúš

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 3 – 24

Abstract

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The article focuses on the intersections of the regulation of electronic identification as provided in the eIDAS Regulation and data protection rules in the European Union. The first part of the article is devoted to the explanation of the basic notions and framework related to the electronic identity in the European Union— the eIDAS Regulation. The second part of the article discusses specific intersections of the eIDAS Regulation with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), specifically scope, the general data protection clause and mainly personal data processing in the context of mutual recognition of electronic identification means. The article aims to discuss the overlapping issues of the regulation of the GDPR and the eIDAS Regulation and provides a further guide for interpretation and implementation of the outcomes in practice.

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