iDenfy, an international provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, has introduced a new feature enabling BSN masking for identity checks in the Netherlands.
This update allows Dutch users to submit identification documents with their Burgerservicenummer (BSN) obscured, aligning with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Dutch privacy laws. The feature addresses challenges previously faced by Dutch individuals, who had to manually obscure their BSNs before ID verification using methods like the official KopieID app.
Compliance for Dutch Users
Until now, many Know Your Customer (KYC) service providers did not offer a way for Dutch users to upload their documents compliantly, resulting in many rejections. For businesses operating internationally, this lack of functionality meant losing potential customers during account setup. iDenfy has now bridged this gap by offering a solution allowing Dutch citizens to securely verify their identities without the risk of non-compliance, making it easier for businesses to onboard these users while adhering to local regulations.
iDenfy’s system automatically recognizes when Dutch identity documents are submitted
iDenfy’s system automatically recognizes when Dutch identity documents are submitted, triggering the BSN masking process. It accepts documents such as national passports, identity cards, and driving licenses 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, iDenfy's CEO. If a document with a masked BSN meets certain requirements, it is automatically processed. However, documents flagged as high-risk are further reviewed by iDenfy's team to ensure accuracy, and personal data is not retained unnecessarily.
AI-Driven Verification with Human Oversight
The BSN masking is an opt-in feature for each iDenfy partner, requiring no integration changes, and partners have access to a sandbox for testing the implementation.
The new feature complements iDenfy's existing identity verification infrastructure, which leverages AI technology, biometric matching, and a dedicated human review team available around the clock. This ensures immediate automated verification results and rapid manual reviews, typically within three minutes.
Advanced Security Measures
iDenfy employs sophisticated biometric algorithms and facial recognition to confirm the authenticity of users, effectively preventing fraudulent activities like the use of photographs or 3D masks.
By detecting deepfakes and AI-generated biometric faces, iDenfy's systems and expert review team ensure a high success rate in identity verification, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining privacy aligned with local legal frameworks.
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
