Author: David Park
Passive liveness: what, why and how does it work?
David Park
September 23, 2021
Identity document authentication allows your organisation to verify government-issued identity documents to help determine who you are working with, as an important first step to reducing fraud. However, in the online world, when you may not wish to or be able to meet people face to face, how do you ensure that your applicant is […]
Remote identity checks: on-boarding your remote customers and staff more effectively.
David Park
June 30, 2020
Over the past few years at TrustID, we have seen a huge increase in the number of organisations turning to online identity verification services as a quick, reliable and scalable way to support remote identity checks. We’re pleased to now introduce new functionality, known as Guest Links, to further support this remote checking process.
Facial recognition software and passive liveness in identity verification
David Park
June 3, 2020
From May 2020, the TrustID Cloud service includes a facial recognition and liveness test option. But how can facial recognition support identity validation? We’ve created this overview of the service to help you find out more about what it means and how it could help your organisation with on-boarding.
Identity document verification systems – 5 reasons why they’re best for finding fake identity documents
David Park
April 28, 2020
The scale of identity fraud is shocking. In 2019, CIFAS, the National Fraud Prevention service reported that identity fraud had reached a record level in the UK. Our experience shows us that criminal networks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and even security experts can’t simply rely on traditional visual methods of detection.
Online Right to Work checks with TrustID
David Park
April 9, 2020
We are pleased to announce that we’ve incorporated the Home Office online Right to Work checking service into the TrustID validation services. This offers a unique ‘all in one’ solution for checking all employees, regardless of whether they present an identity document or a share code to prove their Right to Work.
Overcoming 7 challenges of Right to Work checks
David Park
September 13, 2018
If you employ people in the UK, you are probably aware of the legal requirement to check that all potential and existing employees, regardless of their nationality, are eligible to work through Right to Work checks. In this blog, we look at 7 challenges that Right to Work checks bring to a business and how technology can help overcome them.
Why introduce electronic identity document checks if you don’t have to?
David Park
June 6, 2018
We work with two main types of business: those that have to introduce some form of identity validation technology – due to enforced compliance requirements – and those who choose to introduce it – perhaps because they are worried about making checks in the face of high staff turnover or fall into a ‘high-risk’ sector. you can benefit from electronic identity scanning, not just to drive compliance and find fraudulent documents, but in ways that you may not expect…
Making identity checks according to likely risk
David Park
February 6, 2018
Our expert team here is often asked lots of questions about the details of false identity documents, around how they are manufactured and distributed and what happens when they spot one. So, in this blog, we’re going to talk about the quality of false documents that our client helpdesk encounters and how our ID checking systems can help according to the likely level of risk.
Making ID checks for compliance in Umbrella companies
David Park
October 20, 2017
According to analysis in 2017, the number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased by 23 per cent in the past decade. As a result, hundreds of thousands of workers now use umbrella companies to act as their employer. As the employer, the umbrella company needs to check the ID and Right to Work of every one of these contractors. So how can an umbrella organisation run identity checks efficiently and consistently to ensure they comply with current legislation?
