Policy-Discussion

[Alexander Prinsier <aphexer AT cacert.org>]

On 01/21/2010 01:47 AM, Faramir wrote:
>   NAYE. I think it is clear the names allowed must be present in a
> government issued Photo-ID, if those documents are available in that
> country.

It's not sufficiently clear. As an arbitrator I've come across cases
where members have an assured account with a name which is not on any
government issued ID. At least all assurers who assured these people
thought it was not sufficiently clear and ok to do so.

In these cases the name on the account is a slight variation or an
abbreviation of the official name.

That's why I'm asking for a clear signal from the policy group about
these issues. The policy is unclear about this. Several arbitrators have
discussed about these issues for many hours and are forced to make
lightly founded decisions. A clear policy would help and solve this.

So it appears at least some of you agree that in countries that issue
government ID's, the name *must* exactly match the name on the account
(unless for a technical reason). Let's go in this direction.

For Europe only: do we allow names on accounts that can not be found on
any official document?

Alexander

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