Policy-Discussion

[Duane <duane AT cacert.org>]

Bernhard Froehlich wrote:

> The form I just downloaded from the server reads "... and verified their
> identity against one or more original, trusted, government photo
> identity documents." So I'd assume from this that even a single govt
> issued photo ID would suffice.
> 
> Now I had a look at the current CPS using
> http://www.cacert.org/cps.php#p5.2 ;(by the way, is there any other way
> beside asking Google to find this page?):
>>>>>>>>>>>
> To have trust points issued in a face to face meeting there is strict
> guidelines on how this must be achieved to be recognised by CAcert:
> 
>    * the person issuing the trust points must see 2 forms of photo ID:
>      At least one photo ID must be issued by a government body.
>      Acceptable forms of ID include Passports, Drivers Licenses and ID
>      Cards
> 
> <<<<<<<<<<<
> Which is rather close to the statement on the form as well as your
> statement, but not quite identical to either one...
> Maybe the forms should be adjusted to the CPS, or is the CPS due to
> adapt to the form?

*sigh* this has happened from time to time, where people introduce their
own "standards" that don't match the official line, however the current
policy (as per the official english version of the assurance form) is
you need at least 1 photo ID, but ideally you should present 2 forms of
government issued ID.

At no point anyone should ever accept non-government ID, and even some
government IDs should be explictly exempt such as library cards and
other forms of ID that have dubious amounts of checking.

At no point should anyone ever accept credit cards or other financial
documentation for liability reasons (ie if something happens do you
really want to be answering lots of difficult questions etc?)

Unless there is a good reason to change this policy all other documents
should reflect the assurance page, not the other way round, it is the
document that everyone sees when they apply for points, they don't
see/read other documents.

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 Duane

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