Ice key

Login always occurs at a secure site, https://innskraning.island.is.

You will never have to enter your IceKey on the website of a service provider.

All IceKey communications use a secure sockets layer (SSL).

All of the IceKey personal data is encrypted, and it is impossible for any part of the system to reveal an IceKey, since only its hash value is stored there.

The initial IceKeys issued by Digital Iceland reach you in one of three ways: via a secure connection on your personal banking site, in a closed letter sent to your registered address (domicile), or concealed and handed directly to you if you come to the Registers Iceland Customer Service Centre.

In My pages on www.island.is, you can always look over your login history in order to make certain that no one else has managed to obtain and use your IceKey or eID card.

In April 2013, Capacent (an independent knowledge company) performed a risk assessment of the Icelandic National Portal login service. The Capacent conclusion read as follows: "Capacent's investigation did not reveal any serious security vulnerabilities; in fact, substantial knowledge would be required, both technical and concerning the system itself, in order to be able to abuse it."

The purpose of IceKey is to enable the user to access her or his own personal, exclusive pages on the websites of companies, municipalities and other bodies and organisations.

The purpose of entering your mobile phone number is to provide additional security when you request access to information that is particularly sensitive. In such a case, you would get a text message (SMS) which provides you with a single-use enforcement code.

The purpose of entering your e-mail address is to make it possible to send you important information and advice on IceKey security or other matters.

Note that all of the information in the IceKey database is encrypted.

Digital Iceland guarantees that all of the IceKey database information will be treated as confidential material and will never be passed on to any third party.