Those services/databases don't really verify anything though. They tell you if the details given match a person, but they don't verify that the person giving th

Those services/databases don't really verify anything though. They tell you if the details given match a person, but they don't verify that the person giving them is who they say they are. Last year I had a number of cases of identify fraud. In one case somebody went into a phone shop, gave just my name and address, and walked out with a iPhone 7 and a £60/mo contract. As the director of a limited company my name, address and date of birth are public record, so it seems really stupid that this is how identity is usually 'verified' in the U.K. As there is no way to remove yourself from these databases (short of committing credit score suicide), I now pay £10/year to be on another database: https://www.cifas.org.uk/pr_for_individuals https://www.cifas.org.uk/pr_for_individuals