Denmark will introduce new guidelines relating to digital ID for on-line playing on 1 July, introduced Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority (DGA).
MitID, Denmark’s new digital identification scheme, will lastly part out the nation’s present system, NemID, this summer time.
This has been in place for over a decade and is used to entry on-line banking, authorities web sites and sure digital providers, corresponding to on-line playing. But NemID, which interprets to EasyID in English, will quickly be phased out, to get replaced by MitID: MyID.
This has been developed by the Danish authorities, in partnership with the personal sector, to fulfill new safety necessities and incorporate extra superior know-how.
Operators will likely be required to transition to MitID, although the DGA has stated a brief grace interval till NemID is phased out will grant licensees a while to change.
It stated: “The Danish Gambling Authority notes that it is possible to use both NemID and MitID until NemID is phased out, which means that licence holders will have a period to implement the changes that MitID requires.”
This change has been made obligatory by an replace to part 7 of Executive Order no. 1274 and Executive Order no. 1276, which cowl on-line on line casino and on-line betting respectively.
These each state that “the electronic ID must be an electronic ID from a Danish national identification scheme, or an electronic ID approved by the Danish Gambling Authority.”
MitID was initially scheduled to launch in May 2021, however was delayed. The DGA stated it’s going to publish a publication and replace its information on betting and on-line on line casino “as soon as possible.”