CHICAGO – December 8, 2022 – Verify Faces – the world’s first publicly available background-check database to enable the use of facial recognition – launched its Consumer Edition in the U.S. this month. The service helps people make more informed decisions about others they may date, work or do business with, or otherwise engage. Verify helps determine if someone is who they say they are by providing key background, such as: criminal and civil court reports, birthdate, address and phone number history, and social security number validation (last two numbers). The cost is $11 per search, and Verify will also offer a subscription in the coming months.
FREE SEARCH
Anyone can conduct a free search to see what data is held on them, and request incorrect data be removed from both Verify’s database and from the third-party source Verify pulls it from (at no cost). Verify even provides the necessary forms and guidance about how to request third parties make corrections.
WAYS TO SEARCH
Users can conduct a search on www.verifyfaces.com by providing only: a person’s photo or complete name and (birthdate, state or current address) or phone number or address. Verify then presents possible matches within seconds. With a photo search, Verify shows the percent likelihood that each photo returned is a match to the photo submitted. It also provides an estimated age for each person when the photo was taken. The user selects the most likely person, and Verify emails the user a report in minutes. With all provided data, Verify includes a link to its source. The photo recognition algorithm Verify deploys is used by border patrol and passport authorities in many Western countries.“Verify is a unique tool and powerful game changer in the world of background check services,” said Michael Doherty, Verify’s president and co-founder. “No one else offers the public the ability to put a name to a face. There are so many useful applications for this service for consumers and businesses.”
SOURCE OF THE DATA
The data Verify gets for its reports is dynamic, meaning it is updated daily and comes from private sources like contracts, memberships, and delivery companies. The data does not come from public data facilities, such as voter registration records; birth, deaths and marriage records; etc. Verify has built an extensive database and also searches tens of millions of websites for photo matches every time someone uses the service.
VERIFY LAUNCHING COMMERCIAL EDITION 2023
When Verify’s commercial edition is released in early 2023, it will offer one of the most comprehensive (and competitively priced) FCRA-accredited background/credit check offerings available. This will also include access to one of the world’s largest financial and criminal databases. Verify also plans to launch its consumer and commercial editions in several other countries next year.
GAME CHANGER FOR SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE
Verify is also partnering with private, security monitoring integrators to bring facial recognition services to their business clients via CCTV cameras in a wide variety of retail and business settings.
ABOUT VERIFY FACES Launched in December 2022, Verify has been in development since 2018. Led by Australian entrepreneur Michael Doherty, the company identified and utilizes one of the world’s top facial recognition algorithms and one of the U.S.’s top personal information database providers. Verify plans to give back through its Verify Charitable Trust (the Trust). Every month, Verify will fund the Trust with 2.5% of gross sales and free search credits (2.5% of total search volume). The Trust will award cash and Verify Search Credits via grants and/or donations to nonprofits that serve those impacted by identify theft, sex trafficking, wrongful convictions as well as others hurt by bad information and people who use it. To learn more, visit https://verifyfaces.com.
