Patent ID: 8316454

Claim:
A method for the protection of the integrity and authorship of a piece of registration information ( 103 ) belonging to a user ( 101 ), which can be used for a registration of said user ( 101 ) as a voter, wherein biometric techniques are used for the protection of said registration information ( 103 ), said method comprising for each piece of registration information ( 103 ) the following stages: a) entering ( 201 ) the registration information ( 103 ); b) protecting the integrity of the registration information ( 103 ) by implementing the following steps: i. generating ( 202 ) an item of integrity proof ( 104 ) of the registration information ( 103 ) from at least said registration information ( 103 ); and ii. displaying ( 203 ) the item of integrity proof ( 104 ) to the user ( 101 ); and c) generating an item of non-repudiation proof ( 107 ) of the registration information ( 103 ) by means of the following steps: iii. acquiring ( 204 ) an item of multiformat biometric proof ( 105 ) of the user ( 101 ) which contains the item of integrity proof ( 104 ); iv. creating ( 205 ) the item of non-repudiation proof ( 107 ) using at least the item of multiformat biometric proof ( 105 ) acquired; and v. storing ( 206 ) at least the item of non-repudiation proof ( 107 ).