Electronic Signatures, Seals and ID Wallets – What You Need to Know for Your Projects Now
summary
The talk explains current and upcoming options for using electronic signatures, seals, and digital identities (including EUDI-wallets and business wallets) in projects requiring strong identity proof and signed declarations. It covers technical, regulatory and political aspects of EU rules like eIDAS and GDPR and recent or planned national-law changes (e.g., in labor and tenancy law), timelines for written-form digitization under the federal modernization agenda, 2026/27 drivers for greater use of digital identities and signatures, and business models enabled by attribute attestation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:45Signature and seal status
- 3:30Legal and policy frameworks
- 6:20Trust service providers EU/Germany
- 8:28BGB use cases and formal requirements
- 9:54Labor law challenges
- 10:57EU Digital Identity Wallet
- 13:24Collaboration with Clemens Schleubner
- 14:46EUDI Wallet sandbox and use cases
- 15:48Future functions and growth
- 16:31Next steps and events
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