Know Me ID™: A Portable Digital Trust Credential

What Know Me ID is—and what it is not

Know Me ID is a digital trust card that presents an individual’s BKnown verification status in a portable format. Depending on the configured program, the status can reflect completion of approved verification requirements and the presence of active monitoring. The credential is designed for convenient presentation through supported mobile-wallet experiences.

It is not a public copy of the person’s background report, a guarantee that a person presents no risk, a professional license, a government identity document or a substitute for an organization’s lawful decision process. The receiving organization must still confirm that the credential is current and appropriate for the specific role or assignment.

How the credential lifecycle works

1. InviteAn organization or approved workflow invites the individual to complete the required identity and verification steps.
2. VerifyThe individual completes the configured process and any required consent or authorization.
3. IssueAfter approved requirements are satisfied, Know Me ID presents the resulting verification status.
4. ShareThe individual presents the credential to an organization, client or authorized verifier.
5. ValidateThe receiving party checks the current status rather than relying only on a screenshot or an old document.
6. UpdateConfigured monitoring, expiration or program changes can update the status so it does not remain a permanent static claim.

Status sharing instead of unnecessary detail

A portable status can reduce the need to email, print or repeatedly upload full reports to people who do not require the underlying detail. The receiving party can verify the status needed for an approved workflow, while detailed consumer information remains limited to authorized users and legally required disclosures.

This is a data-minimization principle, not a way to avoid individual rights. People should receive required notices and access to information about them, and organizations must maintain appropriate dispute and correction processes. A concise status should also be explainable: the program should document what the status means, what it covers, when it was updated and what it does not establish.

Where portable verification can help

Portability is most useful when different organizations can understand the credential while still applying their own requirements. One organization may accept the existing status for a role, while another may require additional jurisdiction-specific, licensing or source checks.

• Contractors who work for multiple clients or locations
• Vendor technicians who need recurring access to customer sites
• Seasonal or event staff who move between approved assignments
• Volunteers who support more than one community program
• Employees who need a current internal readiness status
• Field-service, property, transportation and hospitality workers

Digital credential design principles

Modern credential systems generally distinguish the issuer, the credential holder and the verifier. They also need status information so a verifier can determine whether a credential is current. The W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model describes a standards-based approach to tamper-evident claims and related metadata.

That standard is useful context for understanding portable credentials, but this page does not claim that every Know Me ID implementation is a W3C Verifiable Credential. BKnown should document the supported wallet, verification, security and interoperability capabilities for each deployed version.

What organizations should define before accepting it

• Which roles and assignments may use Know Me ID
• Which BKnown status and source package satisfies each role
• How the verifier checks that the credential is current
• What additional license, registry, sanctions or jurisdictional checks remain required
• Who may see underlying information and handle an exception
• How required notices, disputes and corrections are completed
• When access ends and how status is revalidated

What individuals should understand

Individuals should know who requested the verification, what purpose applies, what information is being used, how long monitoring remains active and how to raise a question or dispute. They should also understand that sharing a credential does not force an organization to accept it for every role.

A portable credential can reduce repeated onboarding friction and help a verified worker demonstrate readiness more efficiently. Its value depends on current status, trusted verification and clear governance—not simply the visual appearance of a digital card.

Know Me ID within the BKnown platform

Know Me ID connects the individual side of verification with the organization side of BKnown. The individual receives a portable status, while organizations can manage covered populations, monitor configured changes, review alerts and maintain an audit trail. This shared infrastructure can reduce duplicated work while keeping acceptance decisions role-specific.

Organizations interested in deployment should confirm the available screening packages, wallet support, verification experience, integrations, retention practices and jurisdictional configuration during implementation.