Client:

Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization
Slovakia

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Challenge

Slovakia needed more than digitized ID cards. Citizens had no unified way to access, manage, and share the personal data scattered across government registries — from social insurance records to vehicle registrations to education certificates. Data remained locked in institutional silos, inaccessible to the people it belonged to.

Beyond technical fragmentation, the project required establishing a new paradigm of data sovereignty. Citizens needed to become true owners of their information, with the ability to grant and revoke access to third parties — whether government agencies, banks, or service providers — based on explicit, granular consent.

Approach

We facilitated collaboration between ministries to design architecture based on Solid pods (solidproject.org), giving each citizen a private encrypted storage space in government cloud. Through stakeholder workshops, we defined how data flows from authentic sources into personal repositories, how consent mechanisms work, and how third-party services can request and receive interoperable data in standardized formats like JSON-LD and Verifiable Credentials.

The MOU (Personal Data Management) system transforms the citizen-state relationship. Rather than institutions holding data about people, people hold their own data and decide who accesses it — with full audit trails of every access, enabling true GDPR compliance and data portability.

Outcome

Slovakia's infrastructure enables citizens to aggregate data from 25+ government organizations into personal Solid pods, share specific datasets with third parties via time-limited or permanent consent, and receive proactive notifications when their data changes across any connected registry.

The system establishes foundation for European interoperability through OOTS (Once-Only Technical System), positions Slovakia for EUDIW compliance, and creates an open ecosystem where commercial services can build innovative applications — from automated loan applications to personalized government services — all driven by citizen-controlled, interoperable personal data.

Explore the full case

If you like to explore the full scope of this programme, try the apps in the ecosystem yourself at https://edoklady.minv.sk/ or contact us (link to a contact form) for more information.