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The hidden compliance risks of the UK’s new Digital Identity Framework

In this photo illustration, Germany's AusweisApp shows setup instructions on a smartphone.
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A discussion on whether using a DVS-certified digital identity provider offers a regulatory “safe harbor,” and on crossborder portability.

For decades, the concept of a UK digital identity was a political lightning rod, synonymous with civil liberty fears the deeply unpopular specter of the mandatory national ID card. But while Westminster debated the optics of state surveillance, the financial sector quietly engineered a regulatory revolution. Today the UK has

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