Petition · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Ban all identify verification checks online
Open for signatures
32 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should pass a law which removes all ID checks on the internet as we feel there is fundamentally no way of safely securing that stores ID information. We believe the idea you can check IDs without having to connect to a database is absurd and that there are massive security risks.
We feel it creates backdoors for malicious users and hackers to manipulate operating systems. We are concerned about foreign companies storing British citizens’ data, the possibility of deleted traces of data still existing, and significant safety risks existing even if the data is temporarily stored.
Timeline
| 22 Jul 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Opened
22 Jul 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.