The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze.
Businesses don't have to accept digital proof of age, customers don't have to use it, and the government admits the technology will take time to gain wide support.
Burnham ditched the scheme in July, with his government saying the money and resources earmarked for it would be redirected elsewhere.
The government confirmed earlier this month that while the national Digital ID program announced under Starmer has been binned, GOV.UK One Login, GOV.UK Wallet and the existing framework for private-sector digital verification services will continue.
Yoti says its Yoti ID and Post Office EasyID apps can now be used as proof of age where businesses choose to accept them, while Luciditi says its ID verification service is being integrated into point-of-sale and Challenge 25 systems.
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It gives digital identity technology a conspicuously everyday new job just two months after Prime Minister Andy Burnham pulled the plug on his predecessor's much grander national Digital ID scheme. It says GOV.UK Wallet and the digital driving license are separate from the digital proof-of-age services becoming usable today.
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The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze.
New rules taking effect on Tuesday allow pubs, bars, restaurants, music venues and shops in England and Wales to accept digital proof of age when selling alcohol, meaning customers can use an app on their phone instead of digging around for a driving license or passport.
Businesses don't have to accept digital proof of age, customers don't have to use it, and the government admits the technology will take time to gain wide support.
It gives digital identity technology a conspicuously everyday new job just two months after Prime Minister Andy Burnham pulled the plug on his predecessor's much grander national Digital ID scheme.
Burnham ditched the scheme in July, with his government saying the money and resources earmarked for it would be redirected elsewhere.
Digital identity itself, however, wasn't buried with it.
The new alcohol rules rely on the UK's existing Digital Verification Services framework.
The government confirmed earlier this month that while the national Digital ID program announced under Starmer has been binned, GOV.UK One Login, GOV.UK Wallet and the existing framework for private-sector digital verification services will continue. The DVS framework predates Starmer's national Digital ID plan.
Yoti says its Yoti ID and Post Office EasyID apps can now be used as proof of age where businesses choose to accept them, while Luciditi says its ID verification service is being integrated into point-of-sale and Challenge 25 systems.
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