App and wallet would allow people to carry digital versions of key documents such as driving licence on their phones
• Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards
A new app to hold citizens’ driving licences, passports and benefits documents risks being used as a “launchpad for a mandatory ID scheme”, privacy campaigners have claimed.
Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, last week unveiled plans for a gov.uk app and gov.uk wallet, intended to save time and hassle for millions by allowing them to carry on their phones digital versions of paper documents.
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