Why PrivySeal
Trust that holds up to scrutiny.
PrivySeal exists to make credentials real-time, portable, and continuously verifiable — so that what an institution stands behind can be checked by anyone, anywhere, the moment it matters.
2005
Where it started
“Make genuine, current professionals visible, in real time.”
Our founding premise
Our Origin
Born from a real fraud.
In 2005, our founder — then a practicing attorney — began receiving calls from people who believed he had defrauded them. He hadn't. Someone had taken his name and credentials and was using them to deceive people who had no way of knowing who they were really dealing with.
That gap — between who someone claims to be and who they actually are, right now — became the starting point for something bigger.
Today, PrivySeal is live verification infrastructure. We verify key information in real time and make genuine qualifications, licensing, and expertise visible — not as a one-time check, but as a standing connection between issuer, holder, and verifier that never goes stale.
Accreditation was built to protect integrity.
PrivySeal keeps it that way, in real time.
Trust Signals
Real-time verification, at real scale.
870,000+
PrivySeals issued
65+
institutions, professional bodies & regulators
~400,000
monthly seal views for one regulator alone
Security & Privacy
Built for compliance. Never breached.
Cyber Essentials In Progress
Cyber Essentials certification is underway, extending the independent penetration testing and security review already built into the platform.
Compliant by Design
Built to POPIA and GDPR principles from the ground up — data minimisation, purpose limitation, and holder rights are structural, not bolted on.
Enterprise-Grade Resilience
Redundant infrastructure with continuous monitoring. Verification stays available because trust that goes offline is no trust at all.
Independently Tested
Regular independent penetration testing and security review. No breach in the platform’s history.
