Swiss Post supports digital ID initiative

Swiss Post has joined forces with other major national organizations to set up a new joint company that will create and implement a digital ID for the people of Switzerland.

Swiss Post together with SBB, Swisscom, Credit Suisse, Raiffeisen, UBS, Zürcher Kantonalbank, financial services provider SIX and Schweizerische Mobiliar have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the new company – SwissSign Group AG – which will integrate the activities of existing firm SwissSign AG from January 2018, and continue to develop the “SwissID” solution.

In a statement issued yesterday (21 November), Swiss Post said that the aim of the new company is “to make digital IDs more efficient, more user-friendly and simpler, and to promote their use nationally and internationally”.

Swiss Post added: “A “SwissID” will allow Swiss people to navigate safely and securely through an increasingly digital world and to use online services more easily. Data protection is the highest priority: control over the way the data is utilized will always rest with the user, and data protection will be guaranteed at all times.”