- Digital certification
- Identity and digital signature
Berlin, Mexico City and Washington will issue idCAT digital certificates
The increase in the issuance of idCAT certificates from 2019 to 2020 was 102.97%. In 2019, 94.181 certified idCATs were issued and in 2020, 191.163 certified idCATs were issued.
With regard to the year 2020, there was a sharp increase in the issuance of idCAT certificates from the month of JUNE, coinciding with the lifting of the state of alarm, the decommissioning and the reopening of the offices that issue idCAT certificate ”. An essential requirement to obtain the idCAT is the physical personation in an idCAT registration entity in order to guarantee the identity of the person receiving the certificate.
Since June, the growth in the issuance of idCAT certificates has been sustained and has experienced a significant rise that has coincided with the possibility of requesting the vote by mail. If we compare the issues of idCAT certificates for the months of January 2020 (10.011 idCAT certificates) and January 2021 (29.148 idCAT certificates) we see that the difference is remarkable and represents an increase of 191%.