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 is the pre-release of the 1.0 publication of the vouching guidance. It coincides with the publication of the pre-release of the 1.0 UK digital verification services trust framework. It has been published for business readiness purposes.
Once Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) have been accredited to certify services against the 1.0 trust framework publication and certifications can proceed against it, this guidance will be republished and clearly labelled as the final publication.
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.