Title	DIGITAL DRIVING LICENCE
Brand	FINNISH TRANSPORT SAFETY AGENCY
Product/Service	DIGITAL DRIVING LICENCE
Category	A03. Technological Development
Entrant	GREAT APES Helsinki, FINLAND
Idea Creation	GREAT APES Helsinki, FINLAND
PR	GREAT APES Helsinki, FINLAND
Production	GREAT APES Helsinki, FINLAND

Name	Company	Position
Jesse Enqvist	HiQ	Project Manager
Niko Sipilä	Great Apes / HiQ	Creative Director
Mikko Saario	Great Apes / HiQ	Lead Developer
Anna Puura	Great Apes / HiQ	Designer
Cyril Moralès	HiQ	Frontend Developer
Adrian Simionescu	HiQ	Backend Developer

Why is this work relevant for Innovation?

Completely re-imagining how a digital ID could work, Finland's Digital Driving Licence uses custom visual elements for providing the level of security that is sufficient for daily use – removing the need for separate infrastructure for identification (such as QR readers and other back-end solutions). Digital Driving Licence also allows faster deployment of a Driving Licence and keeps all the user information automatically up to date. It removes the manual processes related to entering user information if changes occur or when the user initially receives their first driving licence.

Background

In Finland driving licenses are mainly used in two scenarios: Driving License validation and as identification. Identification takes place practically every day i.e when picking up a postal package. In Finland Driving License is the de facto user ID although not officially declared as one. At the same time use of physical cards especially among the millennials is declining rapidly due to mobile payments getting more accessible each day. In practice an ID is the last missing piece from having everything from your wallet on your phone. Currently with millennials in many cases the wallet serves just as a holster for your ID. Also an issue with the current system are the extremely long periods that driving licenses remain valid (upwards to 20-30 years in some cases) resulting in outdated data and photos. Digital Driving Licence solves both these issues and streamlines the overall process.

Describe the idea

As people are moving towards mobile-only world the physical wallet with its various cards and licenses is going to perish. Yet a digital driving license has to be as secure and easy to use as the physical license. Digital Driving License at it's core is not only about improving the UX and security, it also modernizes the whole process. User information and Driving License status are always up to date and dynamic. The user can be securely identified without the need for physical infrastructure such as separate QR-code readers. QR-code only to be used for extra security layer if needed. Digital Driving License will utilize standardized sensors that are included in modern smartphones such as the gyroscope. In addition to sensors Suomi.fi public services platform will be used for secure authentication with banking credentials. User images are safely fetched from Finnish Transport Safety Agency’s photo registry which is automatically updated.

What were the key dates in the development process?

April 2017 - Design work begins June 2017 - Concept with visual and back-end security features ready October 2017 - Fully working iOS Prototype (POC) ready November 2017 - Production of a Pilot begins 6.12.2017 (Finnish Independence Day) - The designs are released to the public January 2018 - Closed Beta of around 1000 users begins Q3-Q4 2018 - Legislation changes and planned release to all finnish citizens

Describe the innovation/technology

In the onboarding phase the user is securely identified using banking credentials. Digital Driving License has two main security levels: visual security and backend security. The visual security level uses a gyroscope connected digital watermark combined with continuously animated background that supports interaction to prevent motion capture frauds. User information and image is always up to date which makes it easier to recognise the person. The visual effects are laid on top of everything to avoid running different software on top of the application. Visual barcode is generated from user information to match the physical barcode. Visual level security can be dynamically altered and pushed to the devices if a breach is detected. Backend security includes a QR-code that is generated on device and in the backend with a specified period of validity. This ensures that the information on the device matches the information in the backend and the user is not using a fake application. Backend security has some other additional security features which are not to be described here.

Describe the expectations/outcome

Finnish Prime Minister has recently publicly been using the beta version of the DDL and given a statement that it will now move onto legislation and eventually will be an official driving licence of Finland. There are discussions of expanding the technology also into other official ID's of Finland (such as an official ID card and passports)