The Importance of Identity Checks

THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY CHECKS UNLESS YOU KNOWA PERSON IS WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE, ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE ABOUT THEM, SUCH AS THE RESULTS OF A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK, CANNOT BE RELIED UPON WORKING POPULATION OF THE UK (2013) AS THERE ARE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, THE PROBABILITY OF MIX-UPS IS EXTREMELY HIGH NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD (2013) 27% OF THE UK WORKFORCE 10 20 40 (MILLIONS) DISPUTES THE DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE (DBS) CONTROLS CRIMINAL RECORD OR CRB CHECKING IN THE UK. 2,405 DISPUTES WERE RAISED FOR DBS CHECKS IN 2012. HERE ARE THE RESULTS: NO DECISION ON CRM 1% 59% J3/0 OF DISPUTES RESULTED IN DBS CHECKS BEING INVALIDATED UPHELD 59% NOT UPHELD 40% MISTAKES DBS CHECKS WHICH ARE INVALIDATED CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER. HERE ARE THE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS MADE BY THE DBS: DBS REDRESS PAYMENTS MADE EACH YEAR FOR "MALAD- MINISTRATION" WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MISTAKES? THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION 2008/9 2009/10 HOW DO THEY DO THIS? COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENTS AND IMPERSONATION ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSES 2010/11 2011/12 THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 20 MILLION FAKE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS IN 2012/13 CIRCULATION IN THE UK £0 £100,000 £200,000 E300,000 £400,000 £500,000 £600,000 BY CARRYING OUT IDENTITY CHECKS, THE LIKELIHOOD OF ERRORS IN BACKGROUND CHECKS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. WHAT IS AN IDENTITY CHECK? CREDIT AGENCIES AN INSTANT CHECK WHICH VERIFIES AN APPLICANT'S BASIC DETAILS (NAME, ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH, PASSPORT INFORMATION, ETC.) BY CROSS-REFERENCING THESE DETAILS AGAINST A WIDE RANGE OF DATABASES, SUCH AS: ELECTORAL ROLL REGISTERS BIRTH AND MORTALITY REGISTERS GOVERNMENT DATABASES DON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF CARRYING OUT BACKGROUND CHECKS WITHOUT AN IDENTITY CHECK FIRST NATIONAL POLICE DATABASES ..AND MANY MORE SOURCES: Disclosure and Barring Service Onfido www.onfido.co.uk I 020 8133 3628 I [email protected] Intelligent Background Checking 30