Identity verification guides, in plain terms.
Practical guidance on what an identity check tells you, where it fits, and what you still need to check yourself. Each guide is useful whether or not you ever use Truvee.
- Core definition
What does identity verification actually tell you?
A plain explanation of what an identity check establishes, what it never establishes, and how to use the result alongside your own checks.
- Recruiting
Checking candidate identity in a remote hiring process
Where an identity step fits in remote hiring, how to time it, how to handle exceptions, and the limits of a single check.
- Staffing
Keep identity handoffs clear in staffing
A responsibility map for agencies and clients: who requests identity evidence, what to share, and how to keep candidate data minimal.
- Homeowners
A homeowner's checklist before hiring a contractor
A practical checklist covering identity, licensing, insurance, permits, references, scope and payment before you pay a deposit.
- Private transactions
Before a high-value private purchase
Separate the person, the item, the paperwork and the payment. Includes distinct cautions for private car and boat purchases.
- Category clarity
Identity verification is not a background check
A plain comparison of identity verification, background checks and credit checks, with an explicit list of what an identity check does not cover.
- Method
What happens during a live-face identity check?
Why a live capture is used alongside an ID document, what the recipient should expect, and why no face match is perfect.
- Privacy, explained
How to think about privacy when verifying identity
An educational explanation of data minimization, access and sharing questions to ask about any identity verification process.
- Identity questions
Who am I talking to, and how do I know they are who they say they are?
How to tell whether an online contact is a real, specific person: signals that mean little, steps that mean more, and where an ID plus live face check fits.
- Before you meet
How can I verify someone before meeting them?
A step-by-step plan for confirming identity before an in-person meeting from a marketplace, dating app, or referral, with meeting-safety habits identity checks cannot replace.
- Marketplace
Checking who a Facebook Marketplace buyer or seller really is
Common Marketplace patterns, what a profile does and does not tell you, and how a buyer or seller can ask for an identity check without leaking their own data.
- Methods compared
Is scanning an ID barcode enough to verify someone?
Why reading the barcode on a driver's license is not identity verification on its own, what adding a live face comparison changes, and the limits of both.
- Buyer's guide
How to choose an identity verification service
Questions to ask any identity verification company, how consumer person-to-person checks differ from enterprise KYC platforms, and red flags in marketing claims.