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GOV.UK Verify was an identity assurance system developed by the British Government Digital Service (GDS) which was in operation between May 2016 and April 2023. The system was intended to provide a single trusted login across all British government digital services, verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes. [ 1 ]
Citizen Card is a not-for-profit business in the United Kingdom that sells Home Office-recognised photo ID/proof-of-age cards available to any resident in the UK. Cards are issued in three age groups: Under 16, 16-17 and 18+. [1] CitizenCard photo ID card for 18+ CitizenCard photo ID card for 16 to 17s CitizenCard photo ID card for under 16
National identity cards are often accepted in other parts of the world for unofficial identification purposes (such as age verification in commercial establishments that serve or sell alcohol, or checking in at hotels) and sometimes for official purposes such as proof of identity and nationality to authorities (especially machine-readable cards).
Long title: An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular ...
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [1] [2] following on from the AlphaGov project. The website uses a modified digital version of the ...
An identity document (abbreviated as ID) is a document proving a person's identity.. If the identity document is a plastic card it is called an identity card (abbreviated as IC or ID card).
PASS (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the United Kingdom that gives citizens a valid and accepted form of proof-of-age identification. The scheme is supported by the Home Office , the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
Iris Recognition Immigration System (IRIS) was an initiative, launched in 2004, to provide automated clearance through UK immigration for certain frequent travellers. It functioned in "one-to-all" identification mode, searching a large database of some million enrolled frequent travellers to see if anyone matched the presenting iris.