UK plans observability tool contract in 2026 to keep scaled-up One Login resilient
The UK government is expecting a lot from its One Login system over the coming years, as it transitions from…
UK digital ID
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CDD Services seeks funding to pilot local digital ID with UK communities
A new initiative to provide digital ID to people in the UK vulnerable to digital exclusion has been proposed by…
Dialogue between UK government, digital identity providers gets restart next week
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones will meet with UK digital identity providers next Tuesday, December 2 for…
First official cost estimate for UK gov’t digital ID plan: £1.8B over 3 years
A provisional estimate for the cost of the UK’s national digital ID system pegs it at £1.8 billion (approximately US$2.4…
Pubs in Australia deal with fake digital IDs; in the UK, disappointment
The owners and staff of pubs in Queensland, Australia are seeing a marked increase in the fake IDs presented by…
Business digital ID for UK should launch in 2027, be mandatory within two years: TBI
The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has published a new paper, “Rebooting the UK’s Tech-Diffusion Ecosystem to Drive Growth,” which urges…
UK digital ID plan includes local councils, maybe private sector, no new funding
The UK’s government digital ID plan continues to take shape piecemeal, with an expansion to cover a new layer of…
UK claims of digital ID cloud security likely come down to encryption, not location
A UK junior minister is holding up data residency as a factor in keeping digital identity information private and secure,…
Views on UK digital ID scheme multiply among industry, public, privacy advocates
Government-led digital identity and the UK have a complicated relationship. It comes with a past: the national identity card plan…
Mandatory identity verification for UK companies goes live
The UK is cracking down on businesses that appoint directors using fake or stolen identities and cleaning up its reputation…
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