The Commonwealth Government has released an exposure draft of the Trusted Digital Identity Bill for consultation.
The Digital Identity will be used for individuals and allows businesses to use it for approved verification purposes.
A Digital Identity will only need to be created once, is voluntary and enables individuals to access various secure services online; it is currently used for governmental services e.g. tax and medicare in MyGov.
The draft Bill establishes:
- the Trusted Digital Identity Framework accreditation scheme — this covers providers of identity related services and stipulates the requirements for accreditation of entities, including in relation to privacy, fraud protection, security, and identity proofing. It also provides for participation in the System by an accredited onboarded participant (provides identity services) or a relying party (services that require their customer to verify their identity online); and,
- The trusted digital identity system — this is the current DI System and entities accredited under the TDIF accreditation scheme, and customers for the digital identity services, will be able to access it.
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