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What we really mean when we talk about verification: Truth verification (part 4 of 4)
It is close to impossible to know if any beneficial ownership statement is actually true
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 17 April 2018
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What we really mean when we talk about verification: Validation (part 3 of 4)
Discussing the process of validation and why it’s important for generating high-quality beneficial ownership data
Written by Zosia Sztykowski, Chris Taggart
Published: 01 March 2018
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What we really mean when we talk about verification: Authentication & authorisation (Part 2 of 4)
Discussing how to tell who is actually making a beneficial ownership claim, and whether they are authorised to do so
Written by Zosia Sztykowski, Chris Taggart
Published: 26 September 2017
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Not just public, but useful: the right way to set up a beneficial ownership register
Governments establishing public registers must think about the people who will be accessing the data, and ensure their registers are not just public, but easy to use
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 07 September 2017
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What we really mean when we talk about verification (Part 1 of 4)
First of a series of blog posts in which Open Ownership discuss the critical but tricky issue of verification, particularly with respect to beneficial ownership
Written by Zosia Sztykowski, Chris Taggart
Published: 10 May 2017
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Calling all businesses! Help us test the world's first register of global beneficial ownership
Written by Madeleine McCarroll
Published: 06 March 2017