I do honestly think the real reason for this outsourcing is because the Passport Office and DVLA don't provide their databases for identity verification purposes, even to other government agencies, aside from say the security services and police.
Even in banking, where the government mandate thorough KYC/ID vetting, no APIs are made available by the government to actually verify a copy of ID is legitimate. So you're left looking at whether it "looks" correct.
For better or worse, of course, but there's an argument to be made that the refusal of the govt to provide "ID verification as a service" is pro-privacy.
Even in banking, where the government mandate thorough KYC/ID vetting, no APIs are made available by the government to actually verify a copy of ID is legitimate. So you're left looking at whether it "looks" correct.
For better or worse, of course, but there's an argument to be made that the refusal of the govt to provide "ID verification as a service" is pro-privacy.