In reply to Kenneth MacArthur.
Hi Kenneth, thanks for your comment. It’s good to hear that you’re as enthusiastic about GOV.UK Verify as we are.
Over the last few years, we have worked carefully with our partners in the EU to ensure a European approach to identity which works with what we’re doing in the UK with GOV.UK Verify (a federated approach with outcome based assurance levels).
Now that the rules are in place, we can make a fuller analysis of the risks and benefits of notification. For example, in order to make such a decision, further consideration is needed of how to ensure an effective user journey for someone hoping to use GOV.UK Verify abroad under eIDAS.
We remain positive about doing that work, and are running a discovery inside the programme in early 2016 to give further consideration to these questions. However, it wouldn’t be right to commit to notifying GOV.UK Verify under eIDAS without doing that thinking.
