Municipality of Vaals

A tool that assists counter staff in verifying a person’s identity by comparing the face of the person presenting themselves with the photograph on an identity document. Helps to prevent look-alike fraud.

Residents and business owners in Dutch municipalities will be able to apply online for some 31 civil services via the municipal website. The system will carry out checks on personal data as part of this process.

The algorithm highlights personal data in documents. A member of staff must review all pages and check that the document has been properly anonymised. The software then removes all highlighted information and redacts it. The documents can then be published, for example in accordance with the Open Go...