Originally Posted by DWB

As someone who has been a victim of identity theft TWICE, I can tell you first hand that you should do everything possible, including watermarking the ID as AdultKing suggests, when submitting your ID to anyone. You're begging for issues otherwise. You never really know who is behind any of these companies or what their real goal is, be it mainstream or adult.

Trust no one with your ID / passport. It can ruin your credit and make life very difficult for many years if someone uses them fraudulently.

Originally Posted by epitome

So why would a 30% visible watermark diagonally across a scanned document fail verification? You can still clearly make out all letters and digits and it prevents an unscrupulous employee from using that scan for nefarious reasons (like opening a merchant account as someone else suggested).

Security goes both ways. Will you provide me with the full name of anyone who has access to my ID? Doubtful. You're the face of Paxum and we only know you as Ruth B. You even avoid using your name on your professional Facebook profile. Why is using your name in financial services a bad thing? I can tell you the full name of the managers at my Bank of America. It's on their cards.