What is digital identity

Last updated: 2024-04-23
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Digital identity is the equivalent of a person in the digital world, electronic representation of an individual. It is information and data that identifies an individual in the digital world. It is the equivalent of our personality in the internet environment.  

  • You use your digital identity to prove that you are you
  • Therefore, the trustworthiness of digital identity verification is important
  • Verification means that a particular digital identity belongs to a particular person
  • One person can have multiple digital identities
what is digital identity

What does digital identity look like?

Digital identity can take many forms, which differ in the strength, trustworthiness of the verification, among other there are several examples

  • e-Bank ID (strongest verification)
  • Qualified digital signature (strongest verification)
  • Electronic signature
  • Employee ID / User account in the company application (verified by the employer, it is a strong verification for them)
  • Google user account
  • AppleID user account
  • Online shop / Customer ID 
  • Aptien user

What is digital identity good for?

  • A digital identity makes it possible to use the digital services of the Internet
  • It allows you to log in to various applications or Internet services

What you can do with Aptien digital identity

A user account in Aptien is trusted for your business because you are a verified user. Thanks to this, you can perform digital confirmation in a wide range of processes

what you can do with Aptien digital identity