Identity Verification

At present the UK does not have an official identity service. Instead, businesses must piece together different identity concepts from different sources to reach their desired confidence level. Official documents such as a passport are one of the only physical sources.

Rather than relying on the physical passport Proofenance can achieve this the same level of confidence using technology.

Many of these data sources are now available digitally through modern APIs to regulated institutions. What's more, now third parties such as Proofenance can access the information enabling faster identity checking.

These data sources do not present or send any data over to Proofenance. Instead, Proofenance reaches out and asks them to validate if our information matches their own records.

The exception is with Proofenance's Open Banking connection; where Proofenance requests data from the bank, which is authorised by the customer.

Due to the private nature of this personal information, all companies performing identity verification must comply with the strictest security standards and protocols to protect the data they process. They must also maintain strict confidentiality and privacy policies to protect the personal information of their clients.