Summary: • Pharmacies now accept digital ID, which will make it easier for customers who often forget or do not have ID with them.• The change comes after many customers have requested this, especially after the banks stopped using pictures on their bank cards.• Apotekforeningen has received approval for the use of digital ID on behalf of all the country’s pharmacies.• Previously, pharmacies were not allowed to accept digital ID due to strict rules on privacy and information security, but the authorities have now softened.• The digital driver’s license has movable elements that make it easy to see if it is an original driver’s license, which ensures safe identification. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – It will certainly be a new and better everyday life for the customers, but also for us at work. Most people use their mobile phone for absolutely everything and have most of it there. That’s what pharmacist Ronald Jan Nilssen in Holmestrand says. He often experiences that customers have forgotten or do not have identification with them. – Especially after the banks stopped using pictures on bank cards, ID has become a problem for some. Good news for customers Linn Rabe is at the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. She is one of many who have previously made the mistake of forgetting their ID card. – It has happened that I have had to turn around and drive home, because I have forgotten my wallet. Linn Rabe thinks it is good that she can use her mobile phone to identify herself at pharmacies in the future. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news She cheered when she heard the news. – It’s absolutely great. You don’t always remember to take your driver’s license with you. I had it with me now, but I always have my mobile with me. Grete Larsen is also a customer at the pharmacy. She thinks it will be a big advantage for most people, but she herself always carries physical ID. Grete can’t remember forgetting her ID at the pharmacy. She always has that with her, she says. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news – Mostly I have other identification with me, but it’s good to have the option, because the phone is always with me. Fewer people have physical ID in their pocket The Pharmacy Association has received approval for the use of digital ID, on behalf of all the country’s pharmacies. Communications manager Jostein Soldal says it has been in demand for a long time from customers. – Not many people go around with passports, and not many people have acquired a national ID card either. So when the banks don’t make new cards with a picture, it turns out that a lot of people wanted this. Jostein Soldal says that many customers have not understood why you cannot use a digital driver’s license as ID. Photo: Stian Gregersen Strict rules Until now, pharmacies have not been allowed to accept digital ID, says Soldal. The reason is strict rules on privacy and information security. Now the authorities have softened. – We registered that the digital driver’s license was valid as identification at this year’s election. This is why we again brought this up, asking why we can’t also use it. VALID: Now customers do not need to carry a passport to pick up prescriptions at the pharmacy. Photo: Philip Hofgaard / news Correct identification is important It must be safe to identify yourself digitally, assures Solstad. – The digital driver’s license has some moving elements that make it easy to see if it is an original driver’s license.
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Digital driver’s license is now valid identification at all Norwegian pharmacies – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
