Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification | MyProof
Privacy-preserving identity verification gives businesses the facts they need while minimizing the personal data they collect. MyProof is built for data minimization because the verification data stays on device during the proof flow.
Identity verification data minimization
Data minimization starts by defining the decision the business actually needs. A workflow that needs an age threshold, document-validity result, residency match, or identity match should not automatically collect the full document and every field it contains.
MyProof processes supported document and biometric inputs on the user's device. The requesting organization receives the configured result and receipt reference rather than the raw ID image or biometric input.
- Define the smallest policy that answers the business question.
- Keep raw ID and biometric inputs outside the business payload.
- Document what the result proves and what it does not prove.
- Validate supported documents and fallback paths during a pilot.
Separate verification from identity custody
A lower-data verification boundary can reduce breach exposure and downstream retention work, but it does not remove the customer's responsibility to choose an appropriate assurance level, manage exceptions, secure its own systems, or retain records another law genuinely requires.
Buyers should ask where each data element is processed, what crosses the network, what is retained, how a result is bound to a transaction, and which claims are independently testable.
Frequently asked questions
Can identity be verified without storing an ID image?
Yes. MyProof processes supported documents and evaluates the requested policy on the user's device, then returns a bounded result instead of sending the ID image to the requesting business.
Does data minimization mean keeping no operational records?
No. A business may retain a result, receipt reference, consent evidence, or records required by another law. Data minimization means avoiding unrelated raw identity data by default.
Does MyProof replace an organization's compliance program?
No. MyProof is the verification layer. The organization remains responsible for legal analysis, policy design, security, accessibility, exceptions, and any required retention.
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