Africa: Thisisme, South Africa's First Personal Online Verification Authority Launches Amidst a Time in SA When Reported Personal Online Fraud Is Up By 16 Percent On the Previous Year

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Cape Town, South Africa — ThisIsMe.com Business Launch

With US$50 billion personal online fraud projected for the USA for 2014, what can we expect to happen in South Africa in the next few years? South Africa is in need of a trusted, independent authority to verify and authenticate South African individuals. "Getting South Africans verified through ThisIsMe, is the only way to be sure that we are dealing with actual, legitimate people. In the online world, protecting oneself by taking ownership of one's identity is a trend that is fast becoming a necessity," comments Mark Chirnside, CEO of ThisIsMe. ThisIsMe launched to business in South Africa on 23 September and is the country's first personal online verification authority.

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