How to use French post office鈥檚 new online identity system
Latest version of Identit茅 Num茅rique La Poste aims to offer more protection to users than the existing FranceConnect system
The new postal security system is not vital to have, but is likely to be used more and more in the future
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An increasing number of official and postal procedures have moved online and, in tandem, a new secure version of the French postal service鈥檚 digital ID system, Identit茅 Num茅rique La Poste, has launched to allow access to many of them.
It is not vital to have this but it is likely to be used more and more in the future.
Tasks covered include, for example, confirming reception of online registered post deliveries or signing into your space at .
To create an account, download the identit茅 num茅rique app or see .
You will need some French-initiated ID such as a carte de s茅jour.
Once signed up, each time this is used you will be asked to enter your mobile number and 鈥榠dentify鈥� yourself.
You will receive a text message on which you should enter a four-digit number that you set up when you created your account.
This is intended as a more secure version of the existing FranceConnect system whereby you can sign into a number of websites using log-in details from one of several partner sites.
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