has a slogan, Trust Matters. Once reading some of the things they ask for, do you trust them? Crederity is trying to make digital, verified identity cards. They make it sound quite simple up front:
How does it work?
Crederity uses its cutting edge background check and credential verification process to verify the identity of our users. Once their identity is verified, we connect their twitter account to their Crederity profile. Thus, we perform a comprehensive, verifiable identity check to support their online twitter profile.
Digging in deeper, it is free for US and users in India and anyone can be verified that can meet their verification steps. You walk through what is almost a credit type authorization process which runs against public records. You then also have a manual option to send them notarized copies of your drivers license or passport.
Now call me crazy, but sending this type of information online or via postal mail to some address in NY just isn’t in my character. Did I forget to mention that it costs money to run through this whole thing?
In fairness, I went back to their homepage and the company itself does identity verification, including for marriage and employment. So making digital identity cards is a natural progression.
I walked through part of the registration, but as soon as they ask for birthdates, license numbers and more, it sounds more like phishing. I know they say they have a few thousand using the credential icon and have been verified, and someone must be first, but it just isn’t me.
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Everywhere I look, it says that Crederity is free, but it isn’t. I mean, it charges $5, but that’s still not free. Feels a little like misdirection, to me.
Posted by MrTelle | March 30, 2012, 9:52 amThank you for checking out our identity verification for Twitter and the concerns that you have raised about the data exchange and submission are really valid user concerns about which we get a lot of queries every day.
As you have rightly pointed out Crederity is into identity and credential verification (online and offline) and the secure processing and storing of data is the most critical component of our business. We have been validated by external agencies and follow Consumer Reporting industries best practices, do not sell data, are FCRA compliant, have ISO 9001 certifications, use VeriSign SSL to secure transactions.
Twitter verification is in fact an add on that we are offering users who have verified their identity with our technology. We request for documents only in those cases when users are not able to verify their identity instantly. Once a person verifies identity we provide the user with a digital, verified Crederity Card™ displaying instant third party authentication of the card holder’s Trust Facts™ and which can be used at a lot of places online and offline. Our minimum requirement for providing a certified credential card is to confirm a person’s identity (that they are who they say they are.) Once identity has been established, other Trust Facts™ (such as Twitter identity verification) can be added. For a limited time, both personal and Twitter identity verification is being offered free of charge and therefore, a credit card is not required.
I hope that this information helped to alleviate your concerns and again, I thank you for taking the time to review our technology. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss more about the technology and processes that is powering our credential verification.
Posted by Lijo Isac | September 4, 2009, 4:03 am