British Telecom Helps Exclude Underage Users
Published: Friday, April 01, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
BRITISH TELECOM HELPS DATACASH EXCLUDE UNDERAGE USERS
Multi purpose URU identity verification service to be deployed
UK payment servicer provider DataCash has announced an agreement with British Telekom to empower its clients with access to BT's identity verification service, URU. The service will help DataCash customers detect underage gambling, potential fraudulent activities, and also prepare for new money laundering and gambling legislation.
The service works by asking a series of questions and checking the individual's answers against national reference databases such as mortality, electricity, telephone and financial industry records and passport and driving license details. No personal data is disclosed by the reference databases: simply a 'match' or 'no match' report is returned. The service attracted considerable interest at last years EIG conference in Barcelona.
By using URU, DataCash will be able to provide combined age, identity and fraud screening of credit cards and debit cards to all organisations using the company's payment facilities. Gaming organisations will no longer rely solely on a customer's debit or Solo card - some of which can be issued to children as young as 11 - as a means of proving identity and setting up an account. Because the service carries out these checks in real-time, legitimate customers will experience little in the way of inconvenience and delay.
Gavin Breeze, the Business Development Director at DataCash, said: "Identity fraud related crimes constitute the UK's fastest growing criminal activity and look set to cost the country a staggering GBP 1.3 billion per annum. Because of the comprehensive online checks carried out via URU, this agreement will help to overcome the numerous loopholes found in current processes, which mainly rely on paper-based checks that can easily be forged."
Paul Putland, URU product manager, BT said: "The online gaming industry has a duty to protect children and prevent them from gambling, just as a traditional casino does. They have to take all reasonable steps to ensure that if someone is underage they are unable to place bets. Linking the URU service with DataCash's payment service makes it simple for online gaming sites to implement all the necessary checks and makes it a very straightforward process for the end user."
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