[cabfpub] EV 11.4.1 Business Address Verification

[Gervase Markham]

On 04/09/17 10:42, Scott Rea wrote:
> We could, proving they have a physical location is not the issue, it's
> having done that, providing an accurate, consistent, repeatable
> description of what that address is - is the challenge. The PO Box
> becomes that after verification, but EVG says we can't use use PO Boxes
> even tho in this case, it may have just become the best consistent
> description that we can use...

I think we need to go back to first principles. Why is this requirement
there? It's there to prove that this company actually really exists as a
physical thing. I don't think it's there so you can go visit it; the use
of that address is probably to serve legal papers there.

So, I repeat my question: can you serve legal papers on the PO Box and
have them be validly served?

The thing is, if we accept the PO Box, we are replacing the EVG's
standards for validating business physical existence with the standards
of the Post Offices of various Middle Eastern countries. And those
standards might vary, and not necessarily be as rigorous. (How does the
Post Office lose out if you manage to get a PO Box without actually
having a local business?)

Gerv