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.
