This page gives information, help and terms and conditions for linking to the Identity and Passport (IPS) website.
We welcome and encourage other websites to link to IPS. But by linking to IPS you are deemed to have signed up to our terms and conditions.
If you add any link to IPS, contact us to let us know. Please tell us which link you have used and where you have put it on your site.
If you wish to use text to link to IPS, you should describe IPS in this way:
The Identity and Passport Service – the latest information about British passports, ID cards and the National Identity Scheme
You can use the following source code for this link:
title="IPS - information…": this text is read by speaking browsers and is visible to users when their mouse hovers over the link. It will also help search engines by associating words with IPS.
If you would like to add text about IPS to your intranet or website, you can use this short description:
Find out about all the latest information about British passports, ID cards and the National Identity Scheme
The source code for the link should look something like this:
target="_blank": this will open IPS in a new browser window.
width="***" height="***": you will need to insert the size of the graphic in pixels; this will help the page load more quickly.
src="[file_path/file_name.gif]": you will need to insert the file path and name of the graphics file.
alt="Link to IPS…": this text is read by speaking browsers and is visible to users who have turned their graphics off.
It will also help search engines by associating words with Identity and Passport Service.
You should not seek to associate IPS with your site or any non-IPS content. Nor should you suggest any endorsement or approval by IPS of you, your website or any non-IPS product or content.
We do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. Our pages must load into a user's entire window. Nor should you insert any graphic into, or play audio content over, IPS content, nor allow a pop-up to appear simultaneously with info4local content.
We do not permit a website to link to IPS if it contains material which is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or is in any way a breach of the laws of England and Wales or infringes any third party intellectual property rights.
If we contact you to remove your links to IPS, you must do so immediately.
If you need any further information about linking to IPS, please contact us.
