Earlier this month I had the pleasure of hosting digital identity specialists from the tech sector to tell them more about our ambition for the GOV.UK Wallet. They represented the UK’s Digital Verification Services (DVS) sector, that provide the digital …
Today, we publish our first full sectoral analysis of the UK’s digital identity ecosystem.
The register of digital identity and attribute services is now in public beta. This means it’s easier for businesses and the public to check and find trusted digital identity products across the UK. Faster and easier The new register …
As part of our series of short updates on the Government’s plans to create a legislative framework for secure and trusted digital verification services in the UK, I can now report that the draft legislation has passed an important milestone …
It’s our responsibility – here in OfDIA – to ensure the register is accurate and up-to-date, and only includes digital identity and attribute services that have been assessed as meeting our rules. In this post, we explain how we intend to do that.
In November, we pre-released the gamma (0.4) publication of the trust framework. We also highlighted that we would be seeking feedback on this latest publication to inform our ongoing work. This post kicks off that engagement cycle, explaining how we …
We think digital identity services are a great way to prove who you are. We know that government is in a unique position to help people find services they can trust. My role – as the product manager for the …
How can we be confident that the trust framework rules are being followed? That’s the role of “conformity assessment”.
Today, we publish the first results from OfDIA’s digital identity market insight research. Our aim is to build an evidence base that can help answer the questions, and inform the actions, of policymakers, regulators and other key stakeholders in the …
Soon, people will be able to prove their age digitally when they buy alcohol. The Home Office’s recent consultation response outlined that government will legislate next year to allow digital identity services to be used as a proof of age …
