Posts about our progress in developing GOV.UK Verify
Today we're publishing two posts that explain what we're doing to protect users' privacy when they use GOV.UK Verify. For the last three years we've been working with our Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group to embed privacy into the service. The …
We’ve built GOV.UK Verify on the basis of a programme of intensive user research, development and iteration over more than a year, and we expect we’ll need to continue to refine how GOV.UK Verify works to make sure it works smoothly …
We’ve been working with departments to identify the digital services that will need to use GOV.UK Verify. This post lists the services we’re expecting to start using GOV.UK Verify in the next 6 months. The Government’s aim is that all …
The digital by default service standard sets out the standards that have to be met by government digital services. Part of the standard is about making sure that there is assisted digital support for those who need it. Each service …
This post is about the launch of GOV.UK Verify's public beta, which took place in October 2014. For help with Government Gateway, you will need to contact HMRC direct. Today we’ve been marking an important milestone for GOV.UK Verify: we’ve …
This post is an introduction to the document checking service, part of GOV.UK Verify's technical architecture. If you're interested in the different documents and methods certified companies can use to verify you, you can read more in this post. ----- In …
GOV.UK Verify is the new way for people to prove who they are when using digital services. It will replace face-to-face and postal methods of verifying people’s identity, so the process can be done online. We’re excited to announce the …
Back in February we blogged about our first private beta with HMRC. This week, the next service to use identity assurance, DVLA View Driving Record, started their identity assurance private beta. Sarah Morgan has written about it on the DVLA …
This week a small group of people became the first users to sign in to a government service using identity assurance. (Janet Hughes’ recent blog post explained what identity assurance is and how it works.) HMRC’s Pay As you Earn …
Identity assurance for organisations and authority management is an important new area of scope for the programme that will help to address user needs such as: "As a director of a limited company I want to authorise an employee to …
