The UK government has introduced new legislation to govern personal data use and sharing through digital technologies. The Data (Use and Access) Bill provides a framework for digital verification services, enabling companies who provide tools for verifying identities to gain a government certified “trust mark.” The trust mark will be a new logo to show digital verification services are approved by the newly created Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA) within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Source: Infosecurity Magazine – Information Security & IT Security