"Days after French President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election,
Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed the formation of a digital ID
system, dubbed the “Digital Identity Guarantee Service.”
France announced the
new system will operate via a smartphone and will be called “Service de
garantie de l’identité numérique” (SGIN) (“Digital Identity Guarantee
Service”).
The app will be an extension of the electronic Carte Nationale
d’Identité (CNIe) and will authenticate a person’s identity for granting
access to both public and private sector services.
Under the proposals, a smartphone’s NFC reader will scan citizens’ biometric identity cards." IW