Equifax Public Sector Gateway - Verify allows operational departments across central government, district, borough and city councils, police and law enforcement agencies to verify the personal data of individuals and assess eligibility for a service.

<p>Equifax Public Sector Gateway gives clients access to a wide range of reports based on the needs of public sector clients. VERIFY is a key component of Equifax Public Sector Gateway, the reports available are Identity Assurance, Residency Check, Tenancy Verification and Single Person Discount.</p>
Benefits
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COMPREHENSIVE
All the reports our public sector clients need, Clients save time by not having to log into different systems.
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TAILORED
Reports are designed according to the operational needs of the public sector.
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CONCISE
Reports are proportionate to, and focussed on the need and do not include lots of unnecessary data.
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ACCURATE
Equifax has unique data assets, an in depth knowledge of the data, and understands how best to use it for matching purposes.
Key Features
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      Identify individuals

      Helps our clients to identify individuals where incomplete names or addresses are all that is known.

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      Confirm where someone lives

      Helps our clients to confirm where someone lives, tracing an individual who has moved from their last known address.

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      Protection against fraud

      Offers protection against fraud by verifying someone’s identity, personal data and circumstances, confirming whether they are who they say they are.

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      Identify commercial links

      Identifies commercial links between an individual and a business they may be a director of, which may reveal new leads to investigate.

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      Improve debt collection

      Can improve debt collection by providing details of an individual’s financial status and the likelihood of recovering the debt.

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      Tailored reports

      Enables the client to access reports specifically designed to their operational needs, e.g. Single Person Discount report.

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      View detailed reports

      Helps our clients by giving them access to granular data within our reports.


Use Cases
Equifax Public Sector Gateway - VERIFY supports a number of key use cases for the Public Sector:
  • Identity Assurance - It gives you confidence that you are dealing with a genuine person; the owner of the identity
  • Residency Check - Indicates whether someone lives where they say they live and helps you to pay benefits only to people who are entitled to them
  • Tenancy Verification - It verifies that the known occupant(s) live at the address and the likelihood of undisclosed occupant(s) being resident
  • Single Person Discount - Helps to determine the risk associated with each claim for single person discount

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