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GOV.UK Verify has a part to play in making online public services more efficient and more secure across the European Union. This blog post is part of our series discussing the EU approach to identity assurance and is for anyone …
European Member States want people to be able to identify themselves online for digital services in other countries. This post is for anyone interested in keeping up-to-date with developments in this area. At the start of November the European Union …
Earlier this year, we ran a trial of GOV.UK Verify basic accounts. The trial ended in July, and this is an update on how it went. This type of trial during the beta stage of our development helps us explore …
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) recently published a proposal for future work on the topic of digital identity. UNCITRAL brings together governments, academics, lawyers and industry bodies to develop legal instruments that support international trade. Given …
The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) has today published a white paper kicking off a discovery exercise to explore the range of needs for identity assurance in the private sector. Through this piece of work, OIX is aiming to gather views …
One of the central tenets of how we design government services is that we start with user needs. As a user researcher, I’m aware of the importance of defining user needs in a way that accurately reflects how our users talk …
We blogged earlier this year about some work we were doing with HMRC to trial a new GOV.UK Verify product - basic identity accounts. Basic identity accounts don't verify the identity of the user, but they do give the user a …
GOV.UK Verify is a new way to prove who you are online. It provides a convenient, secure way to access government digital services, and stops other people pretending to be you. We’ve verified more than 140,000 identities, and around 5,000 …
Four weeks ago Mike Bracken blogged about a vision for the EU's digital economy. Here's a little more about how that vision fits with the work we’re doing on GOV.UK Verify. The UK’s vision for digital work in Europe is based …
We’ve decided, with HMRC, to extend our trial of GOV.UK Verify and self-assessment further into this last week before the 31 January deadline. The trial was due to close on 27 January, but we've decided to continue to make it …
