The Digital Identities project, which is supported by the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), brings together experts from six major research centers to address the privacy challenges posed by digital identification. Unlike other initiatives in identity management, the I3P project brings a multidisciplinary approach to its subject, devising technical solutions within a political, legal and social context. Moreover, the project focuses on two of the sectors, financial services and healthcare, for which privacy preservation and the protection of identity information are critically important.