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EGovernment in Estonia



The legal foundations for realization of eGovernment in Estonia were laid down in 1996-2001, when the Estonian Parliament adopted Personal Data Protection Act (1996), Databases Act (1997), Digital Signatures Act (2000) and Public Information Act (2000). In 1998 Government of Estonia adopted the Principles of the Estonian Information Society as well as Information Policy Action Plan - country's first Informaiton Society strategy documents (source: IDABC technical infrastructure laid for the development of eGovernment] in previous years (data exchange layer X-Road, ID card, public key infrastructure) serves as a good basis for the elaboration of new services.



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