Share the digital credential
Digital credentials are designed to facilitate sharing with potential employers, training and education institutions when applying for a job opportunity or with other institutions, for example for recognition purposes. You should never share the original digital credential file (that is, the file you received by email and downloaded into your wallet in JSON-LD format). This is the original version of your credential and should only be accessible to you. To share credentials, you can:
- Create a custom share-link for the credential from the Europass wallet or the EDC Viewer. The share-link leads to the same credential view that you access from the Viewer, but it does not allow it to be shared further.
- Generate a PDF export of the credential from the EDC Viewer. The PDF export is a two-page document consisting of the preview image of the credential, a display of the verification checks, and a link and a QR-code leading to the digital credential view in the EDC Viewer.
You can generate a share-link or a PDF export only by accessing the credential from your Europass wallet.
After creating a share-link or a PDF export, you will always need to indicate an expiry date. This ensures that you will always remain in control of your data. By setting an expiry date, you will allow third parties to access and verify the validity of your credentials, but they will not be able to retain your data for longer than you have permitted. You can extend or shorten the validity period of the share-link or the one included in your PDF export through your Europass account.
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