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eID <\/strong>In Germany, the function for electronic identification<\/a> has been integrated into the mandatory national legal photo ID since 2010. <\/p>\n

ePayment <\/strong>Among others, providers for ePayment services in the German public sector are paydirekt<\/a> and ePayBL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Messaging <\/strong>The German government’s digital mailing service De-Mail<\/a> is offered by public authorities and companies and provides a legally and secure way of communication. There is no government SMS service in place.<\/p>\n

Transparency <\/strong>Germany currently has no measures in place to offer insights in personal ongoing affairs. This might change with the implementation of the so-called Datencockpit<\/a>t in the near future.<\/p>\n

General Digital Services <\/strong>The level of user satisfaction is measured by the eGovernment Monitor<\/a> on a yearly basis. No systematic measurement of digital form submission has been found.<\/p>\n

The Digital Government MetaMonitor<\/em> indicates a low level of quality of publicly available data on the German eID’s uptake, more than ten years after its first implementation. The same applies to data in the categories General Digital Services, ePayment and Messaging.<\/p>"},"subc":[{"id_subcategory":2020,"subcategory":"Overall uptake"},{"id_subcategory":2030,"subcategory":"Personal uptake"},{"id_subcategory":2010,"subcategory":"Business uptake"},{"id_subcategory":2050,"subcategory":"Public sector uptake"},{"id_subcategory":2040,"subcategory":"Private sector support"}],"ind_details":{"Overall uptake":{"Overall uptake\/ePayment transactions":{"id":211,"year":2020,"id_indicator":23,"indicator":"ePayment transactions","visible_indicator":1,"id_subcategory":2020,"subcategory":"Overall uptake","visible_subcategory":1,"sub_sort_ord":1,"id_main_category":2000,"main_category":"ePayment","country":"DE","relevant":1,"existent":0,"val":null,"notes":null,"machine_readable":null,"upfreq":null,"source":null,"last_update":"2020-12-31 00:00:00","rev_last":1,"definition":"The annual number of transactions realised by citizens using the national ePayment system, absolute value and per inhabitant over 15 years old\u00a0","relevant_statistics":[{"statistic":"Population over 15 years old","val":71739910,"calculation":"Per inhabitant","_calculated__debug":"__novalue"}],"data_points":[]},"Overall uptake\/ePayment value":{"id":220,"year":2020,"id_indicator":24,"indicator":"ePayment value","visible_indicator":1,"id_subcategory":2020,"subcategory":"Overall uptake","visible_subcategory":1,"sub_sort_ord":1,"id_main_category":2000,"main_category":"ePayment","country":"DE","relevant":1,"existent":0,"val":null,"notes":null,"machine_readable":null,"upfreq":null,"source":null,"last_update":"2020-12-31 00:00:00","rev_last":1,"definition":"The annual value of ePayment transactions realised by citizens, total amount and per inhabitant over 15 years old","relevant_statistics":[{"statistic":"Population over 15 years old","val":71739910,"calculation":"Per inhabitant","_calculated__debug":"__novalue"}],"data_points":[]}},"Personal uptake":{"Personal uptake\/ePayment accounts (personal)":{"id":229,"year":2020,"id_indicator":25,"indicator":"ePayment accounts (personal)","visible_indicator":1,"id_subcategory":2030,"subcategory":"Personal uptake","visible_subcategory":0,"sub_sort_ord":2,"id_main_category":2000,"main_category":"ePayment","country":"DE","relevant":1,"existent":0,"val":null,"notes":null,"machine_readable":null,"upfreq":null,"source":null,"last_update":"2020-12-31 00:00:00","rev_last":1,"definition":"The active citizen ePayment accounts enabling them to realise online payments to public authorities, in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population over 15 years old","relevant_statistics":[{"statistic":"Population over 15 years old","val":71739910,"calculation":"Percentage","_calculated__debug":"__novalue"}],"data_points":[]}},"Business uptake":{"Business uptake\/ePayment accounts (business)":{"id":202,"year":2020,"id_indicator":26,"indicator":"ePayment accounts (business)","visible_indicator":0,"id_subcategory":2010,"subcategory":"Business uptake","visible_subcategory":0,"sub_sort_ord":3,"id_main_category":2000,"main_category":"ePayment","country":"DE","relevant":1,"existent":0,"val":null,"notes":null,"machine_readable":null,"upfreq":null,"source":null,"last_update":"2020-12-31 00:00:00","rev_last":1,"definition":"The active business ePayment accounts, enabling them to realise online payments to public authorities, in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the total number of businesses","relevant_statistics":[{"statistic":"Number of businesses","val":2693522,"calculation":"Percentage","_calculated__debug":"__novalue"}],"data_points":[]}},"Public sector uptake":{"Public sector uptake\/ePayment-powered public service providers (total)":{"id":274,"year":2020,"id_indicator":27,"indicator":"ePayment-powered public service providers (total)","visible_indicator":1,"id_subcategory":2050,"subcategory":"Public sector uptake","visible_subcategory":1,"sub_sort_ord":4,"id_main_category":2000,"main_category":"ePayment","country":"DE","relevant":1,"existent":1,"val":13,"notes":"This number refers to the ePayment service ePayBL only. ","machine_readable":"No","upfreq":null,"source":"https:\/\/www.itzbund.de\/DE\/itloesungen\/standardloesungen\/epayment\/epayment_node.html;jsessionid=0B650CBEA2FA6E0BA9D7C011F7AFF36A.internet961#bodyText1788781","last_update":"2020-12-31 00:00:00","rev_last":1,"definition":"The number of organisations providing the possibility to pay for public services through the national ePayment system, absolute value and as a percentage of the total number of organisations performing public tasks (cumulative)","relevant_statistics":[{"statistic":"Number of public service providers (total)","val":11577,"calculation":"Percentage","_calculated":0.11,"_calc_formatted":"

0.11 %<\/div>
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