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TWO POTENTIAL
PRIME CUSTODIANS OF
INFORMATION ABOUT
YOU ARE YOUR EMPLOYER
AND ANY CREDITOR YOU
MAY HAVE A LOAN OR
ACCOUNT WITH.
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Pine Pienaar, Managing Director at Afiswitch
Check yourself before
you recommend yourself
Capturing and storing
biometrics as proof of
identification is becoming
increasingly commonplace,
especially in the digital
age we live in today.
Pine Pienaar, Managing
Director at Afiswitch,
analyses why many
organisations are adopting
this type of technology.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
H
ave you ever done a Google
search on yourself? Most people
have and if your friends and
family are active online and on social
media platforms, someone at some stage
has probably recommended to you that
you do such a search and check.
It is actually a good practice, as it gives
you some insight into what information
about you may be publicly available.
Whether its photos from your latest
holiday, the restaurant you checked
into with family and friends over the
weekend, your place of employment
or professional networking sites.
Fortunately, you can still decide if
you are comfortable that any such
information about you is available for
anyone connected to the Internet to
view – and if not, change the privacy
settings on all your social media profiles.
But who else has access to background
information about you, and why?
Two potential prime custodians of
information about you are your employer
and any creditor you may have a loan
or account with. For example, when you
apply for a new job or a large loan, the
hiring organisation or financial institution
respectively will often require you to
complete an application form with a series
of personal questions, for their respective
background screening purposes.
While some of the information each will
require will differ, generally it will certainly
include information such as your full name
details, your identification number and
where you live – and often you will be
asked to provide proof of these details,
such as a copy of your identification
document and possibly proof of residence.
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