What is authentication ?
The official in CCAA will be matching you up with a child solely on the basis of a stack of documents from a large country 1/2 way around the planet. They cannot possibly keep track of what is an authentic document from thousands of state and county government bodies in the U.S. To resolve this problem, they have adopted a set of requirements called authentication. The best way to explain the authentication process is by example. One of the required documents in the dossier is a basic medical examination to ensure that the parents are healthy enough to raise a child. The medical exam form is filled out by the examining physician (Dr. Jones), and signed in the presence of a notary. The notary (Bill Smith) places his seal on the document and signs a certification that Martha Jones M.D. is the person signing the document. The document then is taken to the county government (Essex County), which issues an official county document certifying that Bill Smith is a registered notary in Essex C
We are required to verify your identity in order to provide you with your personal credit information online. The authentication check is part of the registration process. We use your personal information and well as your answers to the three to four multiple choice questions about your credit history that only you should know. Your correct answers ensure that we provide your credit report only to you.
Authentication is the method Web sites use to allow an individual to access a restricted Web site, or specific areas of a Web site. The most common method of authentication is setting up user names and passwords for approved individuals. Web sites sometimes require users to enter a credit card number to prove they are adults, while others merely ask for some type of identifying information such as password and email address.
