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Growing a market for identity services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1WqFVX_Sm0Today I was excited to speak at Follow the Entrepreneur 2015, an event hosted in partnership with OIX UK, about how we’re developing a market for identity services in the UK. Here's a film of my presentation: I've also made my slides …
Keeping up-to-date with the UN approach to digital identity
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 …
Exploring private sector identity assurance needs
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 …
GOV.UK Verify: Introducing the Privacy Officer
We’ve been building and reviewing privacy management functions around GOV.UK Verify that will assure users we are handling their data in accordance with their expectations. As with any system, there’s a healthy tension between convenience for the user, the need …
Identity assurance and the private sector: a practical partnership
David Rennie, Head of Industry Engagement for the Identity Assurance Programme, explains how public and private sector organisations are taking a practical approach to exploring different aspects of the identity assurance market. GOV.UK Verify uses private sector services to verify …
GOV.UK Verify: privacy and consent
We are building GOV.UK Verify to protect people’s privacy and security. To help us to do this, we have a Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group consisting of privacy and security experts. The group has developed a set of Identity Assurance …
GOV.UK Verify: How we talk about user needs
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 …
Services that plan to start using GOV.UK Verify
Throughout our public beta we’ve posted regularly about the services we expect to start using GOV.UK Verify. Our most recent update was in May. Usually we provide a six-month view, with estimated user numbers. Following a recent exercise with a …
GOV.UK Verify: making sure certified companies are ready to connect
GOV.UK Verify allows people to choose from a list of certified companies. Before certified companies can join the GOV.UK Verify public beta, they must demonstrate that they can deliver services that are secure, trustworthy and meet users’ needs. The first …
Basic identity accounts trial - an update
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 …