Slovakia has been for quite some time preparing itself for the informatization of the public administration and especially for the introduction of e-government services. Currently the work on legislation is being finished that aims to enable the launch of the first set of e-government services into the real life. An essential step for such electronic communication with the authorities on the Internet as well as for the complex process of informatization of the public administration is to introduce new electronic ID cards. How this essential step helps to convert some sections of the new legislation into real life? What exactly will the new eID card do for citizens and when? Once again, some question arises whether concerns of citizens about the loss of privacy are the legitimate ones, whether the risks associated with electronic surveillance of citizens in the electronic world are adequately addressed.