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Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
This guidance will help you decide how to check the identity of: a…
There are a number of ways to combine the scores you get for each part of…
We’re working to help people securely prove who they are without having to present physical documents.
How to apply to join the register and keep your information up to date.
A pre-release of the next version of the UK digital verification services trust framework.
The most recent version of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework.
This publication sets out rules for digital verification services supporting employers who choose to conduct digital right to work checks.
Data security control principles to use when processing and sharing personal data in your service.
Find out who can certify digital identity services during the pilot process, and more about the approval and accreditation process.
This guidance, also known as Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45, helps you decide how to check, or ask others to check, the identity of those you interact with.
Conformity assessment bodies must follow these processes and requirements when certifying services against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework.
An updated version of the digital identity and attributes trust framework, following testing and feedback.
This publication sets out rules for digital verification services supporting landlords who choose to conduct digital right to rent checks.
A specification to help DVS and relying parties organise and exchange information in a consistent way to enable interoperability
This guidance, also known as Good Practice Guide (GPG) 44, will help you choose an authenticator that will give you the level of protection that’s most suitable for users accessing your service.
This publication sets out rules for digital verification services supporting Registered Bodies and Responsible Organisations to conduct identity verification as part of Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Guidance on creating, binding, scoring and sharing attributes for organisations certified against the UK digital verification services trust framework as an attribute service provider, or interested in understanding more abo…
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.
A pre-release of the next version of the supplementary code for digital right to work checks
A pre-release of the next version of the supplementary code for Disclosure and Barring Service digital identity checks
A pre-release of the next version of the supplementary code for digital right to rent checks
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