The article discusses the urgent need for a reliable digital identity system in the UK, highlighting the government's slow progress and lack of transparency. Previous legislative amendments aimed at ensuring public engagement and scalable systems were rejected. With the establishment of the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA) to oversee the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework, there are now 58 organizations certified for digital verification services. The upcoming Data Use and Access Bill represents a significant move toward formalizing these digital verification services.
We are far beyond a pressing need for a trusted and effectively delivered system of distributed digital ID and digital verification. The current, continuing lack of clarity is concerning.
Many of us have been at this for some time...I have raised the issue through amendments to several pieces of legislation, requiring the government to publish development and deployment plans.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology launched the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes to oversee the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework.
The Data Use and Access Bill will put digital verification services on a statutory footing, marking a significant step forward for governance in this area.
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