Service Details
Facephi Onboarding, Facephi Authentication and Facephi Identity Platform
Facephi is a technology company specialising in digital identity protection and verification, noted for its focus on data security and integrity. Its solutions are designed to create more secure business processes, with a focus on onboarding and authentication. Making them more accessible and fraud-free to prevent identity theft and guarantee ethical processing of personal data. Headquartered in Spain and with subsidiaries in APAC, EMEA and LATAM, Facephi has more than a decade of experience in the field of digital identity technology. It serves the needs of more than 300 customers in more than 25 countries around the world, providing innovative solutions that address security challenges in a constantly evolving digital environment.
General Information: Website
Point of Contact: José Israel Castro
Testimonials
Role(s)
Capability(ies)
Client Identity Verification Methods
Audiences
Sectors and Use Cases
Adoption Communities
Jurisdiction(s)
Operational Language(s)
Other: Spanish. Portuguese.
Technical Support Language(s)
Other: Spanish. Portuguese.
Platform(s) Availability
Cost Model
Other: Pay per users
Service Design Principles
Service Design Principles
Service Design Tools & Auditability
Design Tools
Protocols Supported
Image Standards Supported
Other: ISO 19794-1
Process Standards Considered
Other: ISO 22301, ISO 27017, ENS ALTO, eIDAS, SEPBLAC, iBeta Level 1, iBeta Level 2, KISA Certificate, UK DIATF, CEN/TS 18099:2024 IAD, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS2), Instituto nacional de Ciberseguridad (INCIBE) Catálogo de Empresas y Soluciones de Ciberseguridad
Accreditations and Certifications
Other: ISO 22301, ISO 27017, ENS ALTO, SEPBLAC, iBeta Level 1, iBeta Level 2, KISA Certificate, UK DIATF, Instituto nacional de Ciberseguridad (INCIBE) Catálogo de Empresas y Soluciones de Ciberseguridad
Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF)
Jurisdictional Privacy Law Compliance
Client Identity Verification Methods
Government-Issued Photo Identification Method
Validation Letter
No file uploadedOur service captures and returns to the relying party the following data points from the government-issued photo identification: person's name, the date on which the person's identity was verified, type of document used (e.g., driver's licence, passport), unique identifying number of the document used, address (if available), jurisdiction (province or state) and country of issue of the document, expiry date of the document, if available (if this information appears on the document or card, it must be recorded).)
In addition to Canadian passports and driver’s licenses issued by provinces, territories and the Canadian Department of Defence, our service supports the following documents. (Note: Canadian citizenship card and the laminated certificate Indian Status card not listed due to limited applicability and security features.)
Our service verifies documents that are authentic, valid, and current.
Globally, our service can assess Passports from the following number of countries or regions.
Globally, our service can assess National Identity cards from the following number of countries or regions.
Globally, our service can assess Driver's Licenses in the following number of countries or regions. If a jurisdiction has more than 1 version of the same Driver's License, that jurisdiction is counted only once.
Globally, our service can assess the following number of identification records.
Our service compares the following known characteristics of the government-issued photo identification document against the following to satisfy that it is an authentic document issued by the competent authority (federal, provincial, or territorial government).
Our service compares the following security features of the government-issued photo identification document against the following to satisfy that it is an authentic document issued by the competent authority (federal, provincial, or territorial government).
Our service compares the following maker features of the government-issued photo identification document against the following markers to satisfy that it is an authentic document issued by the competent authority (federal, provincial, or territorial government).
Our service compares the machine-readable contents of the MRZ/barcode with the font of the OCR-extracted data and highlights mismatches.
Our service performs issuer database lookups for international (non-Canadian) verification purposes.
Our service can be configured to allow the following regarding capturing government-issued photo identification document(s).
Our service reads the machine-readable portion of the photo identification documents as applicable.
Our service confirms the document's expiry date is not before the date of the validation session (as required in Canadian Anti-Money Laundering regulations).
Our service tests the algorithm (if applicable) for the unique identifiers against the ones used by the identification document provider (e.g., the last six number of a driver's license matches the DOB of the individual being verified.)
Our service's ability to read machine-readable passports' facial biometric (ICAO 9303) NFC chip is as follows.
Our service verifies that a chipped identity document has been authenticated (e.g., Country signer, Active Authentication).
For international verification, our service supports or is investigating mobile driver's license connectivity.
An independent 3rd-party evaluated the performance of our service's face recognition algorithm in a one-to-one matching scenario using NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) FRVT 1:1 (Face Recognition Vendor Test) or the most recent NIST Face Technology Evaluations - FRTE/FATE.
Our service performs a 'selfie' liveness check.
Our service’s liveness check is:
Our service’s liveness check captures the person's image via:
Our service’s liveness detection or genuine presence is verified by:
The identification information our service verifies is ultimately stored:
Information stays within Canada for the entire session for Canadian government-issued photo identification (i.e., in transit not related to storage).
Our service uses an identity verification network that encrypts all information in a mobile application in transit.
Our service uses an identity verification network that stores information with the following selections.
Other: Information is stored "By the entity receiving the identification information."