Your Contribution to Enhance Security

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Please be aware of the following security instructions

Keep your PIN letter in a safe place. The PIN letter contains important information.

Always keep your ID card in a safe place.

Only you may know the six-digit PIN you have chosen. Use neither an easy-to-guess combination of numbers, e.g. 123456, nor your date of birth or numbers that can be read on your ID card. You can find additional information on your PIN here.

Do not tell others your PIN.

Never note the PIN on the ID card.

Do not keep the PIN and the ID card together in the same place.

Cut the connection between the smartphone or card reader and ID card immediately after online identification.

Regularly update your operating system, anti-virus program and firewall.

Safely store the letter you received after the production of your ID card. This PIN letter includes important information.

If you have lost your ID card or it has been stolen, please immediately report the loss to an identity card authority or at any police station. These authorities will block the eID function. This blocking will ensure that any attempt at wrongful use is detected at once.

More Information

You can find up-to-date information on Internet security on the website of the Federal Office for Information Security (available in German).

The Citizen CERT provides quick and reliable information and warnings about viruses, worms and security gaps in IT applications – free of charge and unbiased. The BSI experts analyse the security situation on the Internet on a 24/7 basis and, if necessary, issue warnings and security information via e-mail. You can subscribe to the warnings and information here (available in German).

The association “Deutschland sicher im Netz” also provides information on security issues and simple measures to effectively protect yourself on the Internet.

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