You should aim to get a higher level of confidence in someone’s identity if you or your service are at high risk of identity-related crime. The results of your service’s risk assessment will help you decide which level to meet. You can reach a level of confidence by meeting an identity profile. your identity checking process can be understood and reused by other organisations and services.you’ll know how well your organisation or service is protected against identity risks.There are 4 different levels of confidence: You’ll get a score for each part of the identity checking process you do. You can do them over any period of time and gradually build up your confidence in an identity. You do not have to do all parts of the identity checking process at once. check that the identity belongs to the person who’s claiming it.check if the claimed identity is at high risk of identity fraud.check the claimed identity has existed over time.This process is known as ‘identity checking’ and is made up of 5 parts: When you have this information, you can find out if the person is who they say they are. A claimed identity is a combination of information (often a name, date of birth and address) that represents the attributes of whoever a person is claiming to be. You’ll need to know the ‘claimed identity’ of the person you’re checking. You can do different types of checks but still have the same level of confidence in someone’s identity. This does not mean you have to check an identity in exactly the same way as another organisation or service. organisations and services can share the cost of checking someone’s identity.people have to prove their identity less often.This means there are fewer organisations or services that could be targeted by identity fraud.Ĭhecking identities in a consistent way means it’s also easier for you to trust and reuse an identity that’s been checked by someone else. If you follow this guidance, you’ll check identities in a way that’s consistent with other organisations or services that also follow it.Ĭhecking identities in a consistent way reduces the chances of one organisation or service doing less effective identity checks than another. For example, someone who gives a false date of birth to access a gambling site is using a synthetic identity, even if their other details are correct. Synthetic identities can be fictional or based on a real identity. who is pretending to be someone else (an ‘impostor’).You could be affected by identity fraud if you do not check someone’s identity. avoid being detected by the police and other authorities.enable organised crime, like human trafficking.
steal personal, medical or financial information from other identities.access services they’re not entitled to.Some of the most common reasons people or criminal groups commit identity fraud are to:
The number of identities being used to commit identity fraud in the UK is growing every year.