Carte Vitale

GIE SESAM-Vitale

About this app

The Carte Vitale app is your Carte Vitale on your smartphone: a free digital health insurance service.

It does not replace your physical Carte Vitale but is an alternative.

TO ACTIVATE YOUR CARTE VITALE APP, YOU MUST VERIFY THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

- Be 16 years of age or older,

- Have a valid form of identification,

- Have a compatible smartphone.

Find all the conditions for using the Carte Vitale app at www.applicartevitale.fr

ONCE ACTIVATED, YOUR CARTE VITALE APP ALLOWS YOU TO:
- Identify yourself, just like with your Carte Vitale, at your pharmacy, doctor's office, dentist's office, nurse's office, optician's office, etc.,
- View your healthcare expenses incurred with your Carte Vitale app,
- Access your information and that of your beneficiaries: Social Security number, mandatory affiliated organization, as well as other information such as your National Health Identity.

Healthcare professionals are being equipped with the app gradually.

It is therefore advisable to always keep your Carte Vitale with you.

To find out which healthcare professionals accept the app, you can consult the health directory available on the Ameli website: https://annuairesante.ameli.fr
A sign is displayed at participating healthcare professionals' offices. Feel free to show them your Carte Vitale app.

SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA
- The Carte Vitale app is designed to guarantee the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of your data. Data processing complies with the GDPR.

- Your identification data is stored only on your smartphone. You can delete it at any time.

- The Carte Vitale app is accessed with dual security: you can unlock your Carte Vitale app using biometric recognition or by entering your password, which is added to your smartphone's unlocking process.

The Carte Vitale app is developed by GIE SESAM Vitale, which is commissioned by the national health insurance system at the request of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.

More information at www.applicartevitale.fr

Ratings and reviews

I cannot believe the password system that is implemented. I have to use the app's keyboard? I can't use a PASSWORD MANAGER like is recommended by every security group in the world? This is the most amateur thing I've ever seen and it gives zero confidence in my actual security. This is a PHONE APP. Use the on board security mechanisms like passkeys and biometrics that were created by professionals. And it just means the "offline" mode is broken since no other respectable app needs to do this.

When you update to set a password, it won't let you cut and paste your password from a password manager. This is really dumb because it makes using a secure password more difficult. Also, CNIL now recommends passphrases with no complexity rules. The maximum password length of 19 characters is also utterly arbitrary with no value added to the security of the platform.

pointless app just carry your card on you, like most things with french administration, they create a digital version that doesn't work properly, to the point you go back to paper and card again.

What’s new

Cette nouvelle version permet de résoudre un dysfonctionnement avec Android 10.
Pour rappel, les mineurs de 16 et 17 ans ainsi que les porteurs d’une carte d’identité Allemande ou Italienne en cours de validité peuvent désormais bénéficier de l’appli carte Vitale.