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Ideco Overview
Ideco is a 50% black privately owned South African company which provides customised identity management solutions, based on the French company Sagem’s world-leading biometric technology.
In October 2006, the Ideco Group was awarded a 15-year contract to operate the AFISwitch (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) by the South African Police Services.
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Changes to existing criminal checks –"Illicit Activity Check"
Essentially, AFIS operates as an automated checking service by creating an electronic information conduit between the Criminal Resource Centre in Pretoria and the Public. As all criminal records are accompanied by a set of fingerprints, AFIS will allow you to search for matches directly on the database, thus eliminating the potential for identity fraud.
In future the Criminal ‘Name Clearance’ check, which requires only a name and ID number, will be turned off by the South African Police Services CRC’s. We anticipate Name Clearance check’s to be turned off in Q1 2009. This requires customers to be ready by December 2008.
Please note that until the new process comes into effect RefCheck will continue to offer the existing name clearance criminal check. The process of submitting the customer name, ID and indemnity form remains unchanged.
Benefits
Benefits of the new automated system include accuracy, convenience, reliability, and security.
It is becoming apparent that Name Clearance checks are not 100% reliable due to SAPS database inaccuracies. The AFISwitch system provides criminal checks on candidates based on fingerprints taken. The uniqueness of one’s fingerprints ensures non-reputable electronic identification of individuals.
The AFISwitch technology requires applicant fingerprints to be captured via an electronic fingerprint reader. Results are submitted and the automated matching system returns either a ‘hit’ or no hit’ within 48 hours.
RefCheck is fully integrated with AFISwitch. This ensures our customers are able to conduct and manage Illicit Activity Checks directly from the RefCheck website.
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