Guidance

Digital identity certification for right to work, right to rent and criminal record checks

Guidance on how digital identity providers can become certified to complete digital identity checks for the 'Right to Work', 'Right to Rent' and DBS schemes.

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Julia Lopez MP
Published
17 January 2022
Last updated
6 June 2024 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Digital identity certification for right to work, right to rent and criminal record checks

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On 27 December 2021, the government announced its intention to enable employers and landlords to use certified digital identity service providers to carry out identity checks on their behalf for many who are not in scope to use the Home Office online services, including British and Irish citizens. The legislation will take effect from 6 April 2022.

This development will align with the Disclosure and Barring Service’s (DBS) proposal to enable digital identity checking within their criminal record checking process, through the introduction of its Identity Trust Scheme.

This guidance sets how providers can become certified to complete digital identity checks for the Right to Work, Right to Rent, and DBS schemes respectively, in line with the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (‘the trust framework’).

Updates to this page

Published 17 January 2022
Last updated 6 June 2024 + show all updates

  1. Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs' has been replaced with a link to a new page where the list is hosted

  2. Details of a provider have been removed from Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs' as their certification documents have expired

  3. Links to updated certificates for 9 providers following transfers to alternative different conformity assessment body's

  4. Two digital identity and attribute service providers removed from the 'List of certified IDSPs' as certificates have become invalid. Certificates for 'Zinc' and 'Paycasso Verify Ltd trading as Xydus' have been updated

  5. Details of a newly certified provider added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  6. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  7. Website link for Datachecker Limited has been updated.

  8. Links to some certification documents have been updated following surveillance audits. Address for Digidentity B.V. has been updated and schemes certified against for OneID Ltd has been updated.

  9. Details of two newly certified organisations added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  10. Details of two newly certified providers added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  11. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  12. Certification details for Credas Technologies Ltd has been updated to reflect an extension of scope. Telephone number for Veriff OÜ has been updated

  13. Postal address for TrustID Limited has been updated. Email address for ID Pal Limited has been updated. Certification document for Hooyu Limited has been updated to reflect name change

  14. Website and address for Arissian Ltd has been updated

  15. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. Email address for Veriff OÜ has been updated.

  16. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. Certification documents for Paycasso Verify Ltd trading as Xydus and Data Zoo Pty Limited have been updated.

  17. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. Name for OCR Labs has been updated to IDVerse and has been reflected in the certification document. The certification document and 'schemes certified against' for Thirdfort Limited has been updated.

  18. The 'schemes certified against' column has been updated for Onfido Limited

  19. Certification document and Schemes certified against have been updated for Data Zoo Pty Limited

  20. Email addresses for Zinc and Facephi Biometria SA have been updated and also reflected in their respective certification documents

  21. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. OneID (a trading name of Digital Identity Net U.K. Ltd) have changed their name to OneID - name and certification document have been updated

  22. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  23. Details of two newly certified organisations added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  24. Details of Jumio UK Limited have been added to the list of certified IDSPs. Certification document for Atlantic Data has been updated.

  25. Fragomen LLP changed their domain name to Fragomen LLP t/a Workright. Atlantic Data have carried out an Extension of Scope for the profiles GPG45 and H2A.

  26. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  27. Digital Identity Net UK Limited have changed their name to 'OneID (a trading name of Digital Identity Net U.K. Ltd)'. The contact details and certification document have been updated.

  28. Address for Veridas Digital Authentication Solutions, S.L. has been updated

  29. Certification document for Digidentity B.V has been updated

  30. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. Certification document for OCR Labs has been updated. Telephone number for Datachecker Limited has been updated.

  31. Certification documents for iPassport and OCR Labs Global Limited have been updated

  32. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6. 'List of certified IDSPs'. Certification document for Target Professional Services (UK) Limited has been updated.

  33. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to Section 6 List of certified IDSPs. Email address has been added for Target Professional Services (UK) Limited. Certification document for uComply Limited has been updated. Email address for IDSPs looking to become certified has been changed from digitalidentityalpha@dcms.gov.uk to digitalidentity@dcms.gov.uk

  34. Updates to the address for Digidentity B.V. and email address for Veridas Digital Authentication Solutions, S.L.

  35. Details of three newly certified organisations added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  36. Certification documents for Konfir and Persona Identities Inc have been published

  37. Email address for Konfir has been updated

  38. Details of four newly certified organisations added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'. Certification document for Digital Identity Net UK Limited has been updated to reflect an extension of scope of certification

  39. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  40. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 - 'List of certified IDSPs'. Details of 'Schemes certified against' has been updated for Amiqus Resolution Ltd after widening the scope of their certification.

  41. Details of a newly certified organisation added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  42. Details of a newly certified provider added to Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  43. Certification documents for HooYu Limited, Paycasso Verify Ltd trading as Xydus, uComply Limited, T4 Communications UK Ltd T/A Rightcheck, Checkback International Group incorporating Vetting Solutions Centre Ltd and Yoti and Post Office EasyID have all been updated. Telephone number and post code for ID Pal Limited have been corrected

  44. Email address, telephone number and website details have been updated for Checkback International Group incorporating Vetting Solutions Centre Ltd

  45. Details of newly certified organisations added to section '6. List of certified IDSPs'. GB Group plc contact information and certification document updated.

  46. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  47. Under Section 6 'List of certified IDSPs', the 'Schemes certified against' column has been updated for uComply Limited

  48. Details of four organisations have been added to section 6 - 'List of certified IDSPs'

  49. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to section 6 'List of certified IDSPs'

  50. Changed the contactable email address for Digidentity B.V.

  51. Contact email address for Amiqus Resolution Ltd has been updated. Certification document and the schemes certified against has been updated for Credas Technologies Ltd

  52. Details of a newly certified organisation have published under section 6 - List of certified IDSPs

  53. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to the 'List of certified IDSPs'. Updated the website link for 'Paycasso Verify Ltd trading as Xydus' and updated the certification document for 'Deloitte LLP'

  54. Amended the link for the Credas certification document as the original document contained an administrative error

  55. Details of two newly certified organisations have been added to the 'List of certified IDSPs'

  56. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to the 'List of certified IDSPs'

  57. Details of a newly certified organisation have been added to the 'List of certified IDSPs'

  58. Details of a newly certified organisation has been added under section 6.

  59. A new IDSP has been added to the list of certified IDSPs. Section 3 'What do IDSPs become certified against?' has been updated to reflect the recent publication of the beta version of the trust framework.

  60. Added a new organisation to the list of certified organisations. Amended contact details for HooYu Limited

  61. Added organisation to table in List of certified IDSPs.

  62. Added list of certified IDSPs.

  63. Updated the guidance to reflect recent changes to the Right to Work, Right to Rent and DBS schemes. A new link to the UKAS website has been inserted which provides the list of certification bodies.

  64. First published.

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