IDChecker democratizes and simplifies ID verification and protection.

Verifying identity is big business and, so far, most of the investment has been going toward government agencies. For example, the US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) this month is spending millions of dollars to test technology allowing agents to spot falsified documentation. In India, the government is working on identity-theft resistant ID cards for the poor to allow them to get aid.

On the corporate level, there are multiple companies that provide that kind of service that can end up costing several thousand dollars a year, which makes it effective for large corporation.

On the private-citizen/local-business level there are several products and services available to verify customer identities, check the authenticity of document formats and do background checks on individuals, but they are most have separate functions. Some check the validity of passports, some credit cards, some drivers licenses. Some do only credit checks. So again, if you purchase all the equipment, it can end up costing several thousand dollars. The problem with a technology-only focus on verification is that it is not always accurate. False positives and false negatives can occur more than is acceptable, which means the human element cannot be totally eliminated.

A very small number of companies combine expertise and technology to handle multiple applications. One such company is IDChecker in the Netherlands. The company offers a cloud-based and hands-on approach to document verification that includes passports, drivers licenses, national identification cards. Its also looking into the potential of providing personal identification codes that can fast track users through verification processes for e-commerce and and travel. IDChecker also employs identification experts, many hired out of government service to "eyeball" scanned documents. The services comes at a premium but when absolute accuracy is required, nothing can beat the human eye.

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• IDChecker
• identity theft
• identity protection
• Identity Document
• identity
• e-commerce
• ecommerce
• TSA
• India