Identification in Cyberspace as a Main Challenge of e-Government (A Legal Approach to e-Identity Management System)

International Journal of Social Sciences (IJSS) Vol.7, No.3, 2017

8 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2017

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Ebrahim Abdipourfard

University of Qom - Faculty of Law

Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli

Iran University of Science and Technology

Vesali Naseh Morteza

Islamic Azad University of Hamedan (IAUH), Department of Humanities, Faculty of Law

Date Written: November 26, 2017

Abstract

The penetration and growth of the Internet, as a key technology of the 21st century, caused to some major changes in all individual and social aspects of human life. Some of these changes, which associated with the evolution and changes in the concepts, including legal and political ones, have become a challenge. Identity as a legal and Government as a political concepts are in those fields which have changed and faced challenges in cyberspace. As, identity is difficult to be verified and authenticated over the internet, it leads to problematic aspects of identification in cyberspace. From the public administrative perspective, in fact, the challenge of identity is one of the legal challenges of e-Government. As e-government becomes a reality, all legal and political policy makers, are in an attempt to overcome the challenges of identification in the virtual environment of the internet. Thus the need for building a new legal framework for identification and authentication, as a key prerequisite of e-Government, becomes increasingly urgent. The present article discusses the legal issues of identity and identification in e-Government and tries to propose the solution to related challenges.

Keywords: e-Government; e-Identity; e-Identification; Virtual Identity; Virtual Civil Registration

Suggested Citation

Abdipourfard, Ebrahim and Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz and Vesali Naseh, Morteza, Identification in Cyberspace as a Main Challenge of e-Government (A Legal Approach to e-Identity Management System) (November 26, 2017). International Journal of Social Sciences (IJSS) Vol.7, No.3, 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3077483

Ebrahim Abdipourfard

University of Qom - Faculty of Law

Qom, 3716146611
Iran

Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli

Iran University of Science and Technology ( email )

Tehran
Iran

Morteza Vesali Naseh (Contact Author)

Islamic Azad University of Hamedan (IAUH), Department of Humanities, Faculty of Law ( email )

Islamic Azad University of Hamedan

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