Press release: DIACC
FCT Client ID Verification has been certified against the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework ™(PCTF) Verified Person Component at LOA2. Established in 2012, DIACC is Canada’s largest multistakeholder organisation, exclusively addressing digital trust and identity verification, fostering confidence and consistency in the market through its internationally recognized framework and standardized third-party conformity assessment program.
Legal professionals today face a daunting task: safeguarding sensitive client information while navigating ever-changing regulatory landscapes as technology evolves rapidly. To address this, FCT’s Client ID Verification solution has successfully achieved certification against the DIACC Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF), ensuring its solution meets the highest bar for security and trust.
The PCTF enhances digital trust relationships across the Canadian ecosystem based on legal, policy, and technical requirements to which organisations agree to adopt, which includes best practices, policies, technical specifications, guidance, regulations, and standards, prioritising interoperability, privacy, security, and trustworthy use of digital identity and personal data.
“Earning certification against the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) demonstrates FCT’s dedication to protecting Canadians’ personal information while supporting the legal community’s shift toward digital transformation,” said Joni Brennan, President of DIACC. “This achievement shows how trusted digital identity solutions can simplify compliance, strengthen security, and make digital services safer for everyone.”
Purpose-built for Canadian legal professionals, FCT’s Client ID Verification is a quick, secure, digital solution designed to authenticate client IDs in minutes, whether in person or online. By aligning with the PCTF, we can ensure personal data is managed, stored and secured with the highest standards of protection, so that legal professionals can always move forward with confidence.
This certification guarantees that legal professionals’ client data is handled with the highest level of trust and security. FCT’s Client ID Verification meets KYC obligations, providing consistent quality that reduces risk, builds trust and helps legal professionals adopt digital workflows to meet regulatory requirements.
Seamless workflow integration is at the heart of our solution. By integrating into the tools legal professionals already use and minimising manual data entry, ID verifications can be completed efficiently while maintaining accuracy and compliance. Clients retain control of their information on their own devices, stored in their secure digital wallet, streamlining the verification process and reducing duplicate data entry errors.
“FCT’s completion of the DIACC Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) certification demonstrates our commitment to delivering best-in-class identity verification and fraud detection products that empower legal professionals to work with confidence. Legal professionals trust FCT to help them navigate an increasingly risky environment. FCT’s Client ID Verification meets the highest national standards and delivers on our core brand promise of supporting legal professionals with secure digital workflows that drive efficiency and build trust with our clients at every step.” – Ryan Lambert, Vice President, data and strategy.
With FCT’s Client ID Verification, legal professionals can feel confident knowing they are using a solution built to the highest national standards, helping them manage sensitive information responsibly, reduce audit failure risk and keep pace with regulatory changes. By providing clear benchmarks for ID verification solutions, we are working to support the digital transformation of the legal sector, while ensuring functional benefits like compliance, reduced risk and workflow efficiency.
