The State Portal, eesti.ee, is a one-stop-shop for hundreds of e-services offered by various government institutions.

Rather than having to hunt for a particular service on the internet, citizens, entrepreneurs or officials can simply visit this gateway site and find the right link or contact details for the e-service they need. For example, the e-services most visited last year were for medical prescriptions, and people updating their incapacity-to-work status or personal incapacity benefits.

Once logged into the system with a secure electronic ID, the user does not have to repeat the log-in to access any of the other available services.

The e-Land Register is a one-of-a-kind web application that contains information on all ownership relations and limited real rights for properties and land parcels. Currently, there are over 1 million immovables in the Land Register.

Paired with a geographical information system (GIS), the electronic Land Register delivers real-time geographical data through the X-Road, enabling advanced map-based visualizations that power many of the location-based services in Estonia.

A critical tool for the real-estate market, it provides total transparency; listing the registered owner of each property holding, showing the property boundaries and providing other information that potential buyers need to know.

Records information contain:

• Cadastral information – including address, area, purpose of land
• Ownership relations
• Encumbrances, restrictions, rights of use, other notations
• Mortgage information

The system has transformed the way property transactions are carried out in Estonia, eliminating the need to visit public offices and spend hours waiting for a civil servant to search records. This paper-free system has reduced the processing time for land transactions from up to three months to as little as 8 days.

Businesses benefit from the security of having instant access to land titles and the ability to confirm ownership with a few clicks.

Visit the Estonian e-Land Register.

The Population Register is the state’s database for holding basic information about each person living in Estonia. It contains their name, ID code, date of birth, place of residence, and other statistical data such as nationality, native language, education and profession. Each resident can review and correct their data in the register.

The register is connected to other systems via X-Road, and a variety of other state systems depend on its data for their services. For example, when individuals apply for child support, study allowance or concession status for public transport, data is retrieved from the Population Register. The same is true when a person uses i-Voting. The system retrieves the information automatically – no extra documents have to be submitted or online forms filled out.

The state also benefits because statistics are kept up-to-date, and functions such as voter registration and tax filing, which are based on place of residence, can be handled properly.

Find out more about the Population Register on its website.

Sharemind is Estonian technology analyzing and processing encrypted data anonymously, that helps making better decision and learn from the data of others. Sharemind as a Big Data mining solution can be used for various purposes from finding fraudulent transactions to optimizing private mobile location services or tracking satellites.

Companies and individuals may try to hide assets or transactions to avoid taxation. At the same time, they may report the same assets or transactions elsewhere to receive services. Sharemind can combine these views to find potential fraud suspects. Estonia battles it with an elegant tactic – all companies are required to declare sales or purchases of over 1000 euros. These declarations are then compared against each other – if a discrepancy pops up, say company A declares only 10,000 euros of sales but company B declares purchases of 20,000 euros from company A, there is something clearly wrong and the company is flagged. The comparison happens using risk analysis tools and is a common business intelligence process, familiar to any large enterprise or organization.

Another case study is use of Sharemind capabilities in collaborative medical research. Analyzing genome data is revolutionizing personalized medicine. Improving diagnostic precision and assigning suitable drugs will reduce treatment costs. Researchers from all over the world can use Sharemind to combine and jointly analyze their patient databases to find diagnostic methods and cures.

In the space, Sharemind technology is used pro private satellite collision prediction tool without disclosing the sensitive trajectory information. Satellites are amazing feats of modern technology that enable TV in our homes, long distance calls in our phones and let us see our beautiful Earth. However, the orbit of the Earth is busy, and the risk of collisions grows every day. Sharemind can predict collisions without satellite owners having to disclose trajectories.

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