Protective Registration For Individuals

If you have been the victim of a mugging or burglary and personal identification documents have been stolen, there is a risk they could be used by the thief to obtain credit or other products and services fraudulently in your name. For an annual administration fee of £14.10 (including VAT) CIFAS offers a service to protect your name and personal details from being misused in this way.

When you request 'Protective Registration', a CIFAS warning flag marked Protective Registration will then be placed against your name and personal details which indicates that you have been recorded on the CIFAS database at your own request for your protection. CIFAS Members when undertaking a search against your name and personal details will see "CIFAS-DO NOT REJECT-VALIDATION REQUIRED". 

As a result of the entry, CIFAS Members will undertake additional verification checks to ascertain that the applicant is genuine and not a fraudster trying to commit identity theft. This may mean that you personally experience delays while checks are made that the application is genuine.

If you believe that the identity of a deceased person could be used by a fraudster to obtain credit or other products and services, a CIFAS Protective Registration may be placed by a relative or executor against the deceased person’s name and personal details.

Once your application for Protective Registration has been processed, the entry will be placed on the database and you will receive confirmation. The data will remain on the database for at least a year from the date of the most recent fraudulent activity, but you can request the removal or extension of the Protective Registration by writing to the address below.

To make a registration click here to download the form. The form must be opened with Adobe Reader, which is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Please click the link to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. Once the form is complete, return it to the following address:

CIFAS Protective Registration
Capital House
e-state
Bankhead Crossway South
Edinburgh
EH11 4EP

Alternatively you can telephone on 0330 100 0180 (Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, 10am-1pm Sat). Please only use this telephone number for Protective Registration matters; for any other CIFAS queries, please click here.

Click here for answers to the most frequently asked questions about Protective Registration.