E-Passport Transfer to offer photo studios secure transfer of passport photos

With the nationwide launch of the digital transfer of biometric passport photos in May, another provider is now positioning itself on the market alongside Dm and Ringfoto. E-Passtransfer wants to be a data protection-oriented alternative with the Telekom Cloud. They offer their services to smaller photographers who can use them to create passport photos for ID cards. Each image transfer costs them €0.75.

The e-passport transfer service, like the other services, is currently undergoing the TR-03170-2 certification process at the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). As of June 2025, there is still no officially certified solution on the market. Listing with the BSI will take place once the technical test has been completed. Compliance with the technical guideline and approval at municipal or state level are decisive for use.

Option for smaller photo studios

Tevrat Acar, Managing Director of E-Passport Transfer, sees a need for improvement in the digitization of passport photo transfer, communication and access barriers for smaller studios. They are therefore calling for more neutral information, for example from chambers of trade, a separation between the mandatory structure and additional commercial services and the promotion of European cloud services.

Acar considers it questionable to store biometric passport photos on the servers of US providers. "The demand for independent European infrastructures will increase – not least due to legal frameworks such as the GDPR, the BSI Act and the Digital Services Act. Data relating to state identity processes – for example ID images, eID or register data – belong in sovereign, controllable systems. We see ourselves as a pioneer among specialized providers with a clear focus on data security and legal transparency," Acar explains to heise online.

(mack)