About this app
Now available Canada-wide!REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
An NFC-enabled Android mobile device (with Android 6 or later).
An email address
One of the following Canadian government-issued photo IDs associated with your address (without an address sticker)
Driver’s licence
Photo ID card, or
Services card
Physically be at the address associated with your photo ID card when you register
Optional: Passport to increase your level of assurance.
Supported passports: Canada, United States, France, China, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Morocco
Email [email protected] to beta test other passports or ID cards.
REGISTRATION TUTORIAL: bit.ly/eID-MeTut
Please email us at [email protected] if you have questions or need assistance.
INTRODUCTION
eID-Me is a secure digital identity app. eID-Me digitizes and securely stores government-issued identity and self-managed identity information on your mobile device.
eID-Me makes online identity verification quicker, easier, and more secure by eliminating passwords and strengthening privacy.
eID-Me cannot currently be used as a substitute for legal identification. Our goal is to improve access to services that require verified identity, including government, financial, health care, and more.
If you want to help speed up eID-Me integrations, spread the word. Share eID-Me content on social media. Show eID-Me to friends. Email your MP and MPP, asking them to support eID-Me digital ID. Learn more at: eid-me.com/share
Join our eID-Me Members group at: eid-me.com/join
HOW IT WORKS
During registration, you use your mobile device to prove your identity by taking a selfie with liveness check, and scanning your government-issued photo identity documents (e.g., driver’s licence, passport). Your mobile device is then issued a unique eID-Me digital identity, which includes a digital certificate with identity claims (verified pieces of information about you).
You can then use your eID-Me digital identity to easily access services and securely share identity information in identity transactions both online and offline (in person).
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Your identity information is always in your possession on your mobile device. It is never hosted by a centralized service or third-party provider or stored in the cloud. Once your identity information is verified, a secure certificate is installed on your mobile device. That information is not accessible to anyone but you, until you choose to share it in an identity transaction.
eID-Me’s digital wallet is protected on the mobile device with strong encryption, leveraging its hardware security mechanisms, and is bound to your authentication method (e.g., Face Unlock, Fingerprint Unlock, PIN).
BENEFITS AND FEATURES
- Secure digital ID on your mobile device.
- Secure digital wallet on your mobile device containing your identity with verified ID information.
- No cloud storage of your identity information.
- Strong encryption and certificate-based authentication.
- eID-Me identity is bound to your mobile device’s authentication method (e.g., Face Unlock, Fingerprint Unlock, PIN).
- Strong privacy protection with complete control over your identity and information.
