VERIFICATION POLICY

How a PAR reference is checked.

This page structures the public rules for verification and interpretation of verification results.

Publication framework: this page is structured for PAR and should receive final legal/compliance review before public release.

Verification request

What information or reference a verifying party provides.

Reference matching

How the presented reference is matched to the relevant PAR record.

Status

How valid, revoked, reported, expired or other statuses are presented.

Disclosure

Which information can be shown to the verifying party and which remains private.

Result interpretation

What a successful verification confirms and what it does not confirm.

Verification history

Where appropriate, how verification events may be logged or evidenced.

Errors and disputes

How mismatches, suspected fraud or disputed records can be reported and reviewed.