The Council of State, the Government wand: Spid not just for big companies – The Republic

is NOT correct that the government has entrusted the management of our digital identities only to large companies. It established the Council of State in a ruling this week, confirming that emitted by the TAR of Lazio and upheld the action of associations and Assoprovider Assintel, representing many SMEs in the Italian digital.
The battle is around Spid, digital identity public system that started on March 15, that the password system that allows us to access a variety of public services (and in the future of private companies) with a unique identification.

small and medium-sized companies represented by those groups – among which there are also historical Italian internet provider – does not go down to be excluded from the game, fundamental for the digital future of our country. To exclude them are the requirements of the decree which established Spid, which required at least 5 million euro share capital in order to make the digital identity provider to the citizens. At the moment you can get it from Tim, Post and Infocert (here’s how.)

The State Council called “unreasonable” those requirements. The reason is that it considers unfounded the argument for which the Government has set that limit. Ie you have to be a large company to ensure the reliability and security of digital identity. For the Council of State is also a short, SMEs could be a good identity provider to the citizens, instead demonstrating the Agency for Italy Digital (authorizing this function) to be able to do it well.

from Agency when they know that does not change anything about the fate of Spid. Sure it is not locked; or the requirements may change at the time as to establish them is not only that decree, but also the related regulations issued by the Agency. Moreover, the new Digital Administration Code (the CAD, in the approval process) sets limits to provide Spid, even more stringent: at least 10 million registered capital. Since then a part of the legal battle continues of innovative SMEs, to be recognized a leading role in the digital transformation of the country; on the other, the ruling Council of State however gives an important signal to the Government-and the Parliament to which it is now up to convert into law Cad.

It is the signal that we should not be large companies to take care of our key access to digital services. Just be good and reliable technology companies. “The council was not ‘rejected Spid. He has not invalidated the system. In fact, if anything widens the potential number of identity providers”, wrote on Facebook Stefano Quintarelli , Parliamentary (Mixed Group) and one Spid legislation of the fathers, and providing for the possibility – at the end of the contest – the big companies will lose exclusivity. “I hope that the Council Presidency, in the person of Matteo Renzi want now take note of the decision of the State Council – said Fulvio Sarzana , one of the lawyers who assisted the associations – and decides to abandon the rules of the digital code that rely in fact to the entire banking system digital identification public system, depriving small and medium-sized enterprises of our country a promising market. “

Topics:

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digital identity

public administration

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Innovation

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Starring:

stefano Quintarelli

Matteo Renzi

fulvio sarzana