- attribute
means a characteristic, quality, right or permission of a natural or legal person or of an object;
- authentic source
means a repository or system, held under the responsibility of a public sector body or private entity, that contains and provides attributes about a natural or legal person or object and that is considered to be a primary source of that information or recognised as authentic in accordance with Union or national law, including administrative practice;
- authentication
means an electronic process that enables the confirmation of the electronic identification of a natural or legal person or the confirmation of the origin and integrity of data in electronic form;’;
- certificate for website authentication
means an electronic attestation that makes it possible to authenticate a website and links the website to the natural or legal person to whom the certificate is issued;’;
- conformity assessment body
means a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point 13, of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, which is accredited in accordance with that Regulation as competent to carry out conformity assessment of a qualified trust service provider and the qualified trust services it provides, or as competent to carry out certification of European Digital Identity Wallets or electronic identification means;’;
- data record
means electronic data recorded with related meta-data supporting the processing of the data;
- electronic archiving
means a service ensuring the receipt, storage, retrieval and deletion of electronic data and electronic documents in order to ensure their durability and legibility as well as to preserve their integrity, confidentiality and proof of origin throughout the preservation period;
- electronic attestation of attributes
means an attestation in electronic form that allows attributes to be authenticated;
- electronic identification
means the process of using person identification data in electronic form uniquely representing either a natural or legal person, or a natural person representing another natural person or a legal person;
- electronic identification means
means a material and/or immaterial unit containing person identification data and which is used for authentication for an online service or, where appropriate, for an offline service;
- electronic identification scheme
means a system for electronic identification under which electronic identification means are issued to natural or legal persons or natural persons representing other natural persons or legal persons;
- electronic ledger
means a sequence of electronic data records, ensuring the integrity of those records and the accuracy of the chronological ordering of those records;
- European Digital Identity Wallet
means an electronic identification means which allows the user to securely store, manage and validate person identification data and electronic attestations of attributes for the purpose of providing them to relying parties and other users of European Digital Identity Wallets, and to sign by means of qualified electronic signatures or to seal by means of qualified electronic seals;
- identity matching
means a process where person identification data, or electronic identification means are matched with or linked to an existing account belonging to the same person;
- offline mode
means, as regards the use of European Digital Identity Wallets, an interaction between a user and a third party at a physical location using close proximity technologies, whereby the European Digital Identity Wallet is not required to access remote systems via electronic communication networks for the purpose of the interaction.’;
- person identification data
means a set of data that is issued in accordance with Union or national law and that enables the establishment of the identity of a natural or legal person, or of a natural person representing another natural person or a legal person.
- personal data
means any information as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
- product
means hardware or software, or relevant components of hardware or software, which are intended to be used for the provision of electronic identification and trust services;’;
- qualified electronic archiving service
means an electronic archiving service which is provided by a qualified trust service provider and which meets the requirements laid down in Article 45j;
- qualified electronic attestation of attributes
means an electronic attestation of attributes which is issued by a qualified trust service provider and meets the requirements laid down in Annex V;
- qualified electronic ledger
means an electronic ledger which is provided by a qualified trust service provider and which meets the requirements laid down in Article 45l;
- relying party
means a natural or legal person that relies upon electronic identification, European Digital Identity Wallets or other electronic identification means, or upon a trust service;’;
- remote qualified electronic seal creation device
means a qualified electronic seal creation device that is managed by a qualified trust service provider in accordance with Article 39a on behalf of a seal creator;’;
- remote qualified electronic signature creation device
means a qualified electronic signature creation device that is managed by a qualified trust service provider in accordance with Article 29a on behalf of a signatory;
- strong user authentication
means an authentication based on the use of at least two authentication factors from different categories of either knowledge, something only the user knows, possession, something only the user possesses or inherence, something the user is, that are independent, in that the breach of one does not compromise the reliability of the others, and is designed in such a way as to protect the confidentiality of the authentication data;
- trust service
means an electronic service normally provided for remuneration which consists of any of the following:
- user
means a natural or legal person, or a natural person representing another natural person or a legal person, that uses trust services or electronic identification means provided in accordance with this Regulation;’;
- validation
means the process of verifying and confirming that data in electronic form are valid in accordance with this Regulation;’;