Center for Digital Government: Identity Searching in the Digital World

In today’s digital world, identities are increasingly fractured. Along with traditional identity markers like Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses, people now have digital identity markers such as email addresses, social media handles and cell phone numbers.

This plethora of identity data poses a challenge for law enforcement agencies that want to gain a comprehensive picture of a suspect, as well as for fraud prevention teams that want to verify a particular identity.