iDenfy, a global provider renowned for its ID verification and fraud prevention solutions, has introduced BSN masking for identity verification in the Netherlands. This addition allows Dutch users to hide their Burgerservicenummer (BSN) during the verification process, ensuring compliance with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Dutch privacy legislation, which restrict most private entities from collecting or storing this data.
Prior to this development, Dutch individuals frequently required tools such as the official KopieID app or manual methods to obscure their BSN on ID documents for compliance. Many third-party Know Your Customer (KYC) services lacked this specific capability, leading to unsuccessful verifications and potentially lost customers at the initial stage of engagement for businesses operating on a global scale. By implementing this feature, iDenfy offers a compliant and user-friendly verification path tailored to Dutch requirements.
Compliance and Convenience
With this feature, Dutch clients can verify their identities according to local privacy laws, enabling companies catering to Dutch traffic to onboard users without compliance risks. When iDenfy detects Netherlands-related verification, it accepts documents such as passports, identity cards, and driving licences in formats like PDF, JPG, and PNG. “The people in the Netherlands have always had the right to keep their BSN covered, and we shouldn’t demand it when asking to perform the identity verification,” stated Domantas Ciulde, CEO of iDenfy.
The system does not require a specific redaction method and supports any pre-masked document
The system does not require a specific redaction method and supports any pre-masked document. If a document meets requirements, verification is automatic; if flagged for high-risk indications, it's reviewed by iDenfy's expert team. This approach prevents unintended data retention by ensuring BSNs are excluded from verification records.
Seamless Integration
BSN masking is an opt-in feature requiring no integration changes from iDenfy partners. Current partners can activate this setting on a case-by-case basis to harmonise with their existing anti-money laundering (AML) controls and workflow, with sandbox environments available for testing operations before going live.
Built upon iDenfy's comprehensive identity verification platform which incorporates AI-driven document analysis, biometric matching, and continuous human review, the BSN masking functionality facilitates immediate automated verifications and manual checks typically completed within three minutes. iDenfy’s biometric algorithms also validate live and genuine facial recognition, deterring spoofing methods and filtering AI-generated faces within its KYC system. Through such innovations, iDenfy aims to uphold jurisdiction-specific privacy while simplifying the onboarding process.
iDenfy, a global company that provides ID verification and fraud prevention services used by over 1,000+ businesses across the globe, has officially added BSN masking for identity verification in the Netherlands. This functionality allows Dutch users to provide an identity document with the Burgerservicenummer (BSN) deliberately masked out while proceeding through the entire verification process.
BSN is considered to be sensitive personal data according to both the GDPR and the Dutch national privacy law, and is forbidden for most private companies to collect and store this information. Dutch individuals had to consistently cover their BSN with a marker before handing their copies of ID documents for verification, whether by using the official KopieID app, manual photo editing, or covering it up with some physical object.
Custom-tailored option
However, most third-party Know Your Customer (KYC) service providers, which were not native to the Dutch market, don’t have the custom-tailored option for users to upload their IDs in a compliant manner in the Netherlands, which resulted in their verification being unaccepted and denied. For businesses operating on a global level, this results in lost conversions in the very first step of the user journey, the account opening. iDenfy solved this security limitation and now offers a compliant, user-friendly option for Dutch clients to complete their KYC.
End-users can now verify the way Dutch privacy law intends, and the businesses serving the Netherlands traffic can onboard those users without taking on unnecessary risks compliance-wise. The new verification path activates when iDenfy detects that the Netherlands has been selected or auto-identified, and accepts Dutch identity documents, including the national passport, Dutch identity card, and Dutch driving licence, in PDF, JPG, and PNG formats.
Original identification card
“The people in the Netherlands have always had the right to keep their BSN covered, and we shouldn’t demand it when asking to perform the identity verification,” said Domantas Ciulde, the CEO of iDenfy.
The system also accepts any already-for-masking used method without requiring a specific redaction or original identification card. When a masked BSN is detected, and the document meets the requirements, the user is automatically accepted. On the other hand, if the document is flagged with high-risk indications, the user’s KYC data is sent to the review queue for a double-check, which is done by iDenfy’s in-house expert Review team. That means no case is silently auto-passed, and the BSN is automatically excluded from the verification record to ensure that partners do not inadvertently collect or retain data they have no legal basis to hold.
AI-powered document analysis
The feature is implemented as an opt-in setting, activated on a case-by-case basis with each existing partner to ensure that current AML controls and review workflows remain deliberate and explicit. No integration changes are required on iDenfy’s partners’ side. Once enabled, all companies receive sandbox access to validate the end-to-end flow before going live.
It’s important to mention that the BSN masking capability is built on top of iDenfy’s all-in-one identity verification infrastructure, which combines AI-powered document analysis, biometric matching, and an in-house human review team that operates 24/7 without any delays. Automated identity verifications are completed instantly, while human-supervised checks are typically completed within three minutes.
Industry AI solutions
iDenfy’s advanced biometric and facial recognition algorithms confirm if the face presented during verification is live and genuine in order to actively prevent the use of photographs, 3D masks, and other spoofing attempts.
In addition, the KYC system is designed to filter deepfakes and flag AI-generated biometric faces with the best in the industry AI solutions and review team supervision to guarantee a maximum success rate. iDenfy is committed to building a verification infrastructure that respects jurisdiction-specific privacy frameworks, rather than treating local data rights as an obstacle to onboarding
