Canonset: The ID check

Before paid work, you verify that you are the person on your ID. You photograph both sides of your US driver's license or state ID, and your camera takes three pictures of your face. Our own software compares them on our servers; no outside company receives them. Or verify on a short video call instead.

Why and when

The AI labs we work with require verified identities for the people who work on their data; the check confirms that you are the person on your ID and prevents fraud. It is due after a screening test that unlocks the paid trial, or when our team asks by email. The paid trial and approval wait for a verified ID.

What the check does

It takes about 3 minutes with a phone or a webcam, after a short checklist (good light, glasses off, the name matching your profile). You photograph the front and back of the ID, then the camera takes three pictures of your face: looking at it, turned one way, turned the other. Our software reads the barcode on the back and the printed words on the front, then measures the face in your pictures and in the ID's photo to check that they match. Under Illinois, Colorado, Washington and other state laws, those measurements are biometric data.

Consent

Before anything is collected, the check shows what it collects, why, who gets it and for how long, and asks for your written consent: a ticked box and your typed name. You don't have to agree, and can withdraw consent at any time by emailing privacy@canonset.com.

Where the data goes, and for how long

Only Canonset receives it: the check runs on our own servers, hosted by Amazon Web Services in the United States. We never sell or trade biometric data or use it to train AI models, and disclose it to no one unless you consent or a law, warrant or subpoena requires it.

• The face measurements exist only while the check runs, a few seconds, and are never stored.
• The pictures are deleted once the check is decided, and in any case within 7 days. Backups let go of them within 7 more days.
• We keep the result and date, how it was checked, the name, type, issuing state and expiry date on your ID, whether you're 18 or over, the check's scores, and a one-way code made from the ID's state and number, so one ID can't serve two accounts; never the ID number, your date of birth or your address.

Verifying on a call instead

Choose Verify on a call instead and we email you to find a time. You show your government ID to a person on our team on a short video call, with no face matching and nothing recorded. We keep the date, who checked, the ID's type and name, and the result.

When the check can't be settled

The software never turns anyone down. If a photo can't be read, the ID is expired or not US-issued, or your head didn't turn far enough, the check asks for that photo again and keeps nothing from that attempt. If something needs judgment, a person on our team looks at the pictures and verifies you, asks for new photos, or asks for a video call. If we can't verify your identity, the application is declined, and that decision is final.

The policies

Details: our biometric data policy (https://canonset.com/policies/biometric-data), our consumer health data privacy policy for Washington residents (https://canonset.com/policies/washington-health-data) and our privacy notice (https://canonset.com/privacy).

Questions: support@canonset.com.