Thawte Notary

I have recently embarked on a new venture and it is to obtain a Thawte web of trust notary status. In order to obtain this status I have to accumulate 100 points by meeting with different people face to face and filling out paperwork that verifies we met face to face and showing my identification to prove I am who I say I am. The notary who is validating my identity must maintain a record that we have met in person and protect this information for up to 5 years. Different notaries are able to give different amounts of points based on how many people they have notarized with a maximum of 35 points. This venture will give me my name on my digital certificate as well as notary status so that I will be able to assist others with getting their names on their digital certificates too. It may not be too impressive to most people, however having private data being protected when transmitted via electronic mail usually makes me feel a little bit safer. At first I didn’t think this was going to be very much fun at all, but once I met a couple different people, it is actually pretty fun to go places I probably normally would not go and meeting other people with the same interests as me. I will keep a log and track each place I go on upcoming posts.