How a wallet works

An EUDI wallet is an app on your phone that holds your official documents, such as an identity, a licence or a permit. Three parties are always involved.

NorwaySwedenThe issuersuch as the policeor customsissuesis on the listYou, with your walletThe checkercustoms, police,a shopasksyou sharePublished lists of who can be trustedlooks the issuer up
The issuersuch as the policeor customsissuesis on the listYou, withyour walletNorwaySwedenasksyou shareThe checkercustoms, police,a shopPublished lists of who can be trustedlooks the issuer up
  1. Someone issues a document. They sign it, so that others can see it is theirs.
  2. You keep it in your wallet. When someone asks for it, you decide what to share.
  3. Someone checks it. For an identity or a public body’s document, they look the issuer up in a published list.
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