Digital verification services are opening up secure ways to transact with businesses. The office for Digital Identities and Attributes says it is driving the provision of benefits from digital verification services across private sectors and unlocking new economic opportunities.
They support scaling up the DVS industry and exploring more use cases where identification technologies could be implemented. Adrian Field, Market , at OneID, has commented that certified DVS checks have already enabled the appropriate screening for use cases such as, employment screening, right to rent checks, payment protection, and account opening.
“Hundreds of use cases could benefit from adopting DVS” OfDIA said, however, they are currently having to focus on removing the biggest barriers to adoption with limited resources. The priority use cases are calculated depending on whether there is existing regulation mandating identity verification, and the “scope” to make rapid progress for the benefits of people and businesses.
Field said DVS services are rapidly being enabled for financial services and purchases of age-restricted goods, without a government centralised digital ID verifier. Whilst these use cases are the most pressing, the OfDIA is also driving adoption across property and travel. Millions of “privacy-preserving digital checks” are now streamlining hiring processes for companies and are a regulatory driver to meet requirements for online safety.
The legal changes on checks of age restricted goods, announced earlier this year, are driving the need to boost widespread DVS adoption. In addition, the ofDIA is “working hard to progress the adoption of DVS in financial services”, a highly regulated sector which undertakes strict KYC procedures to onboard new customers.
