Current Problems of the Digital Identity Management in Bulgaria

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Current Problems of the Digital Identity
Management in Bulgaria

• Svetlana Vardeva
• Lefis Meeting, Reykjavik
• 13-14 July 2007

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I. Introduction

• Legislative Framework
• The Bulgarian Identity Documents Act
• The BULSTAT Register Act
• The Electronic Document and Electronic Signatures
  Act
• The Commercial Register Act
• The Electronic Governance Act.
• Main Aspects
• eID cards/passports
• eCards for legal entities and persons performing
  independent activities
• Electronic signatures
• Electronic commercial register.

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II. eID cards/passports

• Bulgaria does not issue eID cards
• The issuance of ePassports should commence from
  31.10.2007
• The process of introduction of ePassports will be
  long
• The Recommendations of the ICAO related to the
  formats of the eData should be applied.

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III. BULSTAT eCards

• BULSTAT Register
• Subjects to BULSTAT registration
• BULSTAT eCards
• Applying for BUSTAT eCard is not obligatory.

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IV. Electronic signatures
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eSignatures Legislative Errors

• I. Background information
• Three types of eSignatures
• Basic eSignature
• Qualified eSignature
• Universal eSignature.
• II. Problems of non-Bulgarian entities to receive
  eGovernment services
• III. Problems of all entities to receive
  eGovernment services by the Bulgarian Judicial
  System authorities.

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eSignatures Wrong Practices

• I. Background Information
• Unified System for Civil Registration and
  Administrative Service of the Population and the
  significance of the Unified Citizen Number
• II. Problems related to the untypical functions
  vested to the certification service providers
• III. Problems of non-Bulgarian citizens to
  receive eGovernment services

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V. Commercial Register

• I. Background Information
• Present situation of the Commercial Register
• Decentralized
• Paper
• II. The new Commercial Register
• Basic principals
• Centralized
• Electronic

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The new Commercial Register - Problems

• It still can not enter into force
• It should have commenced working on 1 October
  2006
• Its entry into force was suspended until 1 July
  2007
• It is expected to start as from 1 January 2008
• Reasons

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Conclusion

• The problems related to the digital identity
  management are due to various factors
• A more general problem is the one related to the
  eGovernment concept
• The difficult task to resolve some of the
  problems is assigned to the Electronic Governance
  Act

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Thank you for the attention

• Svetlana Vardeva
• svetlana.vardeva_at_clict.bg