Member

If we want citizens to have confidence in these emerging digital identity infrastructures, they will need to see that the law recognises the theft of their digital identity as a serious, specific criminal wrong, not an unfortunate side-effect. Unless we create an offence of this kind, there is a real risk that the public will become even more fearful of digital identities and digital attributes than they are of traditional physical documents. People need assurance that the state understands the risks and has put in place a framework that deters and punishes those who would appropriate their digital selves for criminal ends.