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Comment on Wise (formerly Transfer Wise) are asking me to send them photo of my ID

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But do they need to keep your ID in their dbs? I would imagine a simple check would suffice and then they could discard the uploaded ID. They could check every year. I really don’t trust internet companies in general, and having to upload my passport in many websites worries me. Last time it was Hetzner. I also use Wise. What’s next? Amazon?

For compliance you need ability to prove you did actually validate the ID and not just ticked a checkbox.

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