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Digital identity theft is one of the issues that concerns experts and users alike because of the ease that the Internet offers criminals to commit fraudulent acts.

This crime involves impersonating another person and assuming their identity with the information obtained for financial gain or in order to damage the reputation of the person concerned.

In this post, we will explain this digital identity violation that is catching on and how advanced electronic signatures help protect it.

This post is also available in Spanish.

The eIDAS Regulation is a European regulation that establishes a common legal framework for trust services and means of electronic identification in the European Union.

The purpose of eIDAS, in line with the purpose for which the EU was created, is to facilitate any type of electronic transaction between citizens, companies and public administrations of any State of the Union.

In other words, any citizen of the EU can easily and safely access any public or private service offered by any State or company in the European Union. In short, it is about moving towards a truly digital single market.

In this post we will explain what the eIDAS Regulation is in more detail and what benefits it implies for companies.

This post is also available in Spanish.

Cyber insurance is a type of insurance used to cover damages that may be caused by a cybercrime. This could include the theft of personal data of clients, employees or suppliers.

A company which falls victim to the theft of third party data, or loses customer data due to either computer or human error (i.e. treatment of data with due care) can face significant penalties, as stipulated in the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In this post we will explain what cyber insurance is, which crimes it can cover, and which aspects of the new GDPR are relevant with regards to the processing of personal data.

This post is also available in Spanish.

Image: artwork by Nick Gentry

Digital identity  is what identifies us as citizens in the 2.0 world, since it allows for the singularization and association of information to a physical person, in a digital context. The terms digital identity and online reputation are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same.

In this post we explain and differentiate the concepts of digital identity and online reputation. We will also review the rights associated with digital identity, as well as the legal tools that the law offers to control information associated with that digital identity.

This post is also available in Spanish.

Digital identity, which is also known as Identity 2.0, is everything that identifies us in the online world. 

In the online world, in addition to retaining the same data that identifies us in the offline world, our identity is completed through everything we do: comments on articles, likes on Facebook, retweets, photos on Instagram, petitions we sign on Change.org, etc.

This set of online actions contribute to forming the perception that others have about us. In a context where digital identity theft is becoming increasingly common, how can we protect our digital identity?

This post is also available in Spanish.