Using 188体育 Wallet in the digital identity sector
Organisations certified against the trust framework will be able to use the information in 188体育 Wallet.
188体育 Wallet will allow 188体育 One Login users to save and use government-issued documents on their phones to prove things about themselves.
At a user鈥檚 request, digital verification services will be able to access and use the information in 188体育 Wallet to offer a range of ways to prove identity. The powers to access and use the information are laid out in the Data (Use and Access) Bill.
Digital verification services will first need to be certified against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework, and added to the digital identity and attribute services register.
How digital verification services can use 188体育 Wallet
Once on the register, digital verification services will be able to use 188体育 Wallet in 2 ways. They could do any, or all, of the following:
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Use the information in 188体育 Wallet to offer a range of identity and attribute services.
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Provide information from 188体育 Wallet to other businesses who need to prove information about an individual.
Find out more about how this will work in our .
1. Proving identity using 188体育 Wallet
If certified as an identity or attribute service provider, services can use the information in 188体育 Wallet to help someone prove something about themselves digitally. This is similar to how this is done now using physical documents.聽
If they are also certified as a holder service, they could use information from 188体育 Wallet to create a new reusable digital identity document. This is also known as a 鈥榙erived credential鈥�. It could either prove specific things like age, or contain a range of different identity information.
2. Providing 188体育 Wallet information to other businesses
Businesses certified as orchestration service providers can move information from 188体育 Wallet to another business to prove something about a user. For example, they could connect 188体育 Wallet with an online shop so it can share a user鈥檚 age.聽
There鈥檒l be no record of where the documents in 188体育 Wallet have been used, or for what purpose.
What鈥檚 in 188体育 Wallet
From summer 2025, 188体育 Wallet will hold the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card, followed by the full driving licence. More government documents will be added over time.
Only government documents can be saved in 188体育 Wallet. Users will not be able to save other types of documents, for example train or concert tickets.
What next
We鈥檒l be publishing more information about how to get started as a digital verification service in the coming months.聽
In the meantime, you can:
- take a look at our , and give us feedback聽
- contact [email protected] if you鈥檇 like to take part in user research to help shape how 188体育 Wallet will work with the private sector
- find out more about how to be certified against the trust framework