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identity verified

A website is identity verified when the claimed identity of the site or of the organization operating it has been confirmed.

In plain English

This status means the website's claimed identity has been checked, rather than only stated by the site itself. It can refer to who the site is or to which organization operates it.

In context

Here, "identity verified" reports that the website's stated identity, or the identity of the organization running it, has been confirmed.

Situation
Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
What it communicates
reports a checked website-identity state

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say what the website is allowed to do or what access, permission, or trust decisions follow.

Examples

“The booking website became identity verified after reviewers confirmed that the company named on the site was the one operating it.”

Core meaning

“When investigators confirmed who ran the site, they marked it as identity verified.”

In context