How to create a vouch as evidence of someone’s identity (1.0)
Guidance on creating, storing and checking evidence of someone’s identity that relies on a ‘vouch’, a formal declaration from a third-party that knows them and is willing to confirm their identity.
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This guidance (‘the vouching guidance’) helps you understand how you can use a vouch as part of the identity checking process to create a digital identity.
This 1.0 publication of the vouching guidance is valid from the date the 1.0 publication of the UK digital verification services trust framework (‘trust framework’) comes into force.
Services demonstrating compliance with the vouching guidance as part of certification against the 1.0 trust framework will have to comply with this version of the guidance.
This is the first version-controlled publication of the vouching guidance. The most recent non-numbered version of the vouching guidance (titled ‘How to accept a vouch as evidence of someone’s identity’) can be found on GOV.UK and is, from the date of this publication, is to be considered as the 0.4 version of the vouching guidance.
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The publication has been updated to reflect that it is now in its final release, rather than in pre-release.
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