I really do not see what the problem is about sending in ID documents. I think that every casino I have played at has asked for verification/identity documentation.
And the saga continues...Just let me first say that this post is NOT speaking to INetBet personally but to all online casinos in general that request this documentation be sent in...Let me see if I can shed some light on this for you why it is so dangerous for sending your ID docs across unsecured fax machines or thru email transmission, within the last couple of years "Identity Theft" has become rampant, you practically hear about it everyday in the news, as recent as last year "Choice Point" in Atlanta, one of the country's largest information gathering warehouse, their security was compromised and this effected thousands and thousands of people...so my point is if the data can be stored by the casinos or processors then it can be accessed by the disgruntled employees that work for these operations...
Another example of this is the fact that, lets say you don't own your own fax machine, so you have to run out to Kinkos or wherever and fax in your documentation...well guess what, all of that information that you just sent in to the casino is also stored on the fax machine that you sent it in from, and it can be printed out at a later date by anyone who works there, whether it was an old fax machine with an ink ribbon cartridge or one of the newer models with only an ink cartridge only, anyone that works there can go back to that fax machine and print out any data or fax transmission that they choose...
Now lets say you just want to scan and email your docs in .jpg format to the casino...sounds safe and simple enough right...WRONG...unless the service provider of your email service transmits your data thru encrypted format then you are screwed again, now how many of you guys actually know whether or not your email service provider offers this service...
Try writing a check at a B&M casino and see what you have to have. Hit a big win and see what you have to have before they will pay you.
You are comparing apples to oranges here, when you are writing a check to anyone for cash back of course you have to show ID and if I asked one of the online casinos to simply just "cash" a check for me without them providing me with any product or service for that check then yes...I would also expect to show them my ID for cashing that check for me as does a B & M casino, because for all they know, you could just cash that check and walk out the door without any requirement for you to play back any of that cash after you cashed that check...
As far as: "Hit a big win and see what you have to have before they will pay you" at a B & M casino...well there again you are comparing apples to oranges in the fact that the only single reason that a B & M casino asks you for ID info at this point is for the simple reason of, the IRS audit forms which are required by the IRS and not the B & M casino and also DO NOT APPLY to online casinos, at least not yet...
Besides, with the possible exception of your banking information, all other personal information is available to all on the internet including a precise map of where you live.
I would have to agree to disagree with you on that point...that really all depends on how well you have protected your personal information over the years !!