UK DRCF call for input on authentication and trust in digital services

The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has issued a call for input under its Thematic Innovation Hub on the theme of "authentication and trust", exploring how regulators can help innovators achieve public trust in new technologies and systems. The Hub enables regulators to better understand emerging risks and opportunities and to engage earlier with innovators developing complex new technologies.  The call focuses on the opportunities and challenges associated with two key sub-themes: (i) digital verification, including where these services may support or intersect with open finance and wider smart data frameworks. The DRCF makes clear that this term refers solely to private-sector use cases and focuses exclusively on the verification of identity attributes, rather than the government's ongoing work on digital identity; and (ii) synthetic media and deepfakes, including AI-generated content that may pose risks to authentication, consumer trust and intellectual property rights. Responses are intended to merely inform the DRCF's future cross-regulatory work, and the DRCF does not intend to provide advice or guidance in response to questions raised through the call for input. The deadline for input is 14 August. The DRCF may engage further with respondents through webinars and/or roundtables.

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