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Who owns Mydex CIC?

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  • shareholders
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Mydex CIC has two types of investors: private social investors and Foundations/Trusts. The majority of Mydex CIC's funding has ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

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The majority of Mydex CIC's funding has come from digital entrepreneurs and social innovators. Some are founders, others are individuals ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What are Mydex CIC's long term ambitions?

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  • Strategy
  • ambition
  • vision
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Certainly in the next 3-5 years time we would hope to continue to grow rapidly, serving millions of members, connected to thousands of organisatio... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

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Our vision is the emergence of a world where individuals are in greater control of their lives with the freedom to choose how and what personal da... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What is a 'proof of claim'?

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  • verification
  • identity
  • proof
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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A proof of claim is the verified data about an individual's identity required for them to prove who they are so they can claim an entitlement or b... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How long does it take for an organisation to set up a connection to Mydex CIC?

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  • Setting up a Connection
  • Getting Started
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Getting started with Mydex CIC is straightforward. We have a simple four step approach to getting going and it can be done in days and weeks, not ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

It depends on the nature of the systems you need to connect to the platform. If they support open standards and modern APIs, the answer is 'no tim... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

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The technical integration of Mydex CIC to an organisation's internal systems can be done quickly and easily by their own teams or by... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How long will it take me to get my MydexID and Personal Data Store?

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  • Setting up MydexID
  • creating Mydex account
  • getting a PDS
  • when can I start
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

It should only take a few minutes to get your MydexID and Personal Data Store. Registration and creation of your account is a straightforward proc... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

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It only takes a few minutes to register with Mydex CIC, create a new account and start using your PDS. But make sure you have thought carefully ab... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Why is Mydex CIC free ? I have heard that free means I am the product, and how is Mydex CIC different to this allegation ?

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  • Cost of PDS
  • connection cost
  • cost for individuals
  • free services
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Yes, Mydex CIC is free to individuals but unlike Facebook or Google, we do not sell your data to any third party. Quite the opposite: our soc... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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With the MydexID, even though it is free, there really is no catch. You get all the convenience and functionality and capability without the loss ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How large can my Personal Data Store become?

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  • data usage
  • data limit
  • restrictions
  • personal data store
  • storage capacity
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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There is no real theoretical limit to the size of the Personal Data Store or what it can hold about an individual's life. The individual fills in ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

There is absolutely no limit to how large a Personal Data Store can be or to the number of apps and API-based services an individual can add to it. Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Personal Data Stores will become an essential tool for individuals wanting to manage different aspects of their life better: ‘my health’, ‘my mone... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How do you keep my data safe?

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  • data security
  • security
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

We designed the Mydex Trust Framework and Platform to be a zero knowledge service built on the principles of privacy by design, secured to the hig... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Short Answer

See also Mydex Security Model brief on the developers' site - https://dev.mydex.org/fyi/security-model.html Read More

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Sat, 20/12/2014 - 06:45

William

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All Personal Data Stores are an independent collection of files that are uniquely encrypted using a private encryption key that only the individua... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What does being a Fair Data company and Fair Data enabler mean?

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  • Fair Data
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Fair Data is an accreditation launched in January 2013 by The Market Research Society to show which companies handle their customers' personal... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

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By becoming a Fair Data company, Mydex agreed to adhere to ten core principles. The principles support and complement other standards such as IDOs... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What is the history of Mydex CIC?

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  • company founded
  • set up
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Mydex CIC was founded in 2007 and set up in 2009, registered in Glasgow as a Community Interest Company, with our social purpose being “to provide... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Who are Mydex CIC's competitors?

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  • competitors
  • other services like Mydex
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

[0]

Short Answer

The market for identity and personal data services is massive. There are many providers of components that can address aspects of the market and t... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

In the UK, Allfiled focuses on selling whitelabel personal data stores to organisations to embed within their own customer portal services. These ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How do I order Mydex's services?

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  • placing an order
  • process
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

[0]

Short Answer

We have made ordering very simple. As a cloud service the service our terms and conditions are standard. We can accept an organisation's standard ... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Local authorities are implementing the Public Services Network or PSN. How does a connection to the Mydex Platform impact this?

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  • Connection
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Tue, 27/01/2015 - 09:23

MydexCIC

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PSN does not apply to Mydex CIC's service in the same way as the internet is not required to be PSN compliant. Nevertheless, pl... Read More

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Tue, 27/01/2015 - 09:27

MydexCIC

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What does Mydex CIC do?

Mon, 09/02/2015 - 15:07

ladybird73

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We provide a range of services to individuals that let them manage their lives more effectively by equipping them with the means and mechanisms to... Read More

Mon, 09/02/2015 - 15:07

ladybird73

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Why should I trust Mydex CIC to hold my data for me?

Mon, 09/02/2015 - 16:20

ladybird73

[0]

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All the data held in Mydex Personal Data Stores is secured and protected according to the highest available data security and protection standards... Read More

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Mon, 02/03/2015 - 11:02

MydexCIC

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CORS and recommended data format

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  • CORS
  • JSON
  • JSONP
  • AJAX
  • JQuery
Tue, 02/02/2016 - 16:33

jimlaimun

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Hi jimlaimun! Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We are already working on this, the correction should be deployed on Monday. Read More

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Fri, 05/02/2016 - 12:02

MydexCIC

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Are connecting organizations able to make a copy of my data? In which case my data is out of my control.

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  • data security
Wed, 06/07/2016 - 03:44

cyborg

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Hi cyborg, thanks for your question. The answer is multi part: Under the Trust Framework and, within that, the data sharing agreement that i... Read More

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Wed, 13/07/2016 - 16:23

MydexCIC

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What is Mydex CIC?

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  • corporate structure
  • services
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

Mydex is a Community Interest Company that provides a range of services to help people manage their lives more effectively. We do this by equ... Read More

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Fri, 05/12/2014 - 17:22

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

Mydex is a Community Interest Company hence the CIC status. Mydex CIC is also a Social Enterprise that provides a Trust Framework and Platfor... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Does a MydexID allow me to do single sign-on?

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  • single sign on
  • SSO
  • sign on
  • MydexID
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

The MydexID supports single sign on for its members using multiple protocols. This is dependent on organisations either supporting one or more of... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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How do I get information into my Personal Data Store?

Tags: 
  • PDS
  • personal data store
  • entering information
  • data input
  • attribute
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

[0]

Short Answer

In most cases your Personal Data Store will be initiated when you apply for or receive a service from a Connection. This means it will already con... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What is the Mydex Platform built with?

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  • platform
  • open source
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

Mydex's platform is built using open source components configured and extended to deliver our range of services. This gives us the advantage o... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

Mydex CIC manages its development activity with a hybrid waterfall / agile methodology. This allows us to maintain a strategic roadmap w... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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What standards do you support?

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  • standards
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

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Mydex CIC meets Government and industry-agreed protocols and standards including accreditation by tScheme, ISO27001 cerficication and adheren... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Mydex CIC meets Government and industry-agreed protocols and standards. These ensure complete trust in our service and include: accredit... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Why is Mydex CIC working with the Government to become an Identity Provider?

Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

[0]

Short Answer

Verified data enables people to become level 2 assured in Government terms, and also provides them with a verified identity that they can use else... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Can Mydex CIC integrate with my organisation's legacy systems?

Tags: 
  • organisation
  • technology
  • integration
Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

Anonymous (not verified)

[0]

Short Answer

Yes. The Mydex Platform does not replace any existing system; you simply connect your legacy systems to the Mydex API which uses open standar... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

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Technical Answer

Mydex CIC is a cloud based platform that uses open standards. We do not connect to systems as is the nature of a general purpose platform organisa... Read More

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Thu, 20/11/2014 - 12:04

MydexCIC

[120]

How and when will information attributes be validated?

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  • attributes
  • validation
Mon, 02/02/2015 - 12:56

vorstera

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Thanks for your question. As you say, when you can give permissioned access to your verified information to organisations that are connected to My... Read More

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Thu, 05/02/2015 - 10:04

MydexCIC

[120]

What sort of data does a Mydex Personal Data Store hold?

Mon, 09/02/2015 - 16:19

ladybird73

[0]

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Whatever data you want it to hold — mainly the data you need to store in order to manage life and deal with other people and organisations. ... Read More

Mon, 09/02/2015 - 16:19

ladybird73

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Can organizations somehow specify the purposes of the data processing?

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  • data sharing
  • personal data
  • data controller
Tue, 10/02/2015 - 10:19

riazor

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Short Answer

All data shared by and individual with an organisation is subject to a Data Sharing Agreement between the individual and the organisation. This pr... Read More

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Thu, 14/05/2015 - 09:49

MydexCIC

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CORS headers for JSON data requests

Tags: 
  • javascript
  • API
  • CORS
  • Cross Origin Resource Sharing
Mon, 20/04/2015 - 16:58

rux

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Technical Answer

Hi Ruz, You can see an example of the kind of thing that you are trying to do here: https://github.com/Mydex/example-pds-api-connections/blob/mast... Read More

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Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:22

MydexCIC

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What makes Mydex different from other companies? How do I know I can trust you?

Tags: 
  • data usage
  • data security
  • trust
Tue, 10/11/2015 - 15:55

Anonymous (not verified)

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Short Answer

Trust is at the heart of what Mydex CIC does, and was at the core of our design right from the very beginning. Our business model — unl... Read More

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Wed, 18/11/2015 - 10:06

MydexCIC

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I need a simple, cost effective way to uninvasively verify the i.d.of my users to protect the other members. How can Mydex help me?

Tags: 
  • Identity Services
  • identity
Wed, 04/05/2016 - 14:43

Anonymous (not verified)

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Thanks for your enquiry. Mydex offers Identity as a Service to provide basic registration, authentication and password management as a servic... Read More

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Wed, 04/05/2016 - 14:44

MydexCIC

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