A USB thumb drive designed to help you harness today's technology to organize and securely store your family's/client's identifying information, including digital photographs and fingerprints. The application will allow you to enter all important identifying, medical, and contact information that might be needed in the event of an emergency. It is capable of printing the following identifying reports: Complete Profile Report, Fingerprint Chart, Missing Posters, ID Cards, and ID Key Chain/Bag Tags.

The IdentaKey™ plugs into your computer's USB drive and launches an application that it stores on itself. The application allows you to enter information as you go, update as needed, and generate ID's, missing posters, and other reports - based on the entered information. The Key is password protected for your family's/client's privacy and safety.

The IdentaKey™ will hold physical characteristic information; detailed medical information (immunizations, allergies, drug allergies); emergency contact information; photographs; fingerprint scans; and other information that can be used to create your family member's/client's Complete Profile Report, Fingerprint Chart, ID Cards, ID Key Chain/Bag Tags, and even Missing person's Posters.

For the purposes of simplicity, the term "Family" or "Family Member" that you will encounter throughout the Identakey interactive interview is intended to include any group of people for whose safety and security is your priority. You can use the Identakey for teams, groups, your daycare clients among many other users.

The IdentaKey™ is username and password protected. Nothing is added to, or stored on, your computer or the internet. Your family's identifying information is data encrypted and stored only on your IdentaKey™. For added security usernames and passwords can be changed at anytime by accessing the Administration Functions of the IdentaKey™.

Your family member's/client's personal identifying information is not stored anywhere, except securely on the IdentaKey™. The IdentaKey™ will not save information to your personal computer, or send it out on the Internet. Only in the case of a missing person, when you fill out the "Missing Person Alert" section on your Key will it transmit your family member's Missing Poster and a Complete Profile Report to IdentaKey™.

When you perform the Backup function a file titled IdentaKey™ .bak is saved to your computer's hard drive or to an external disk or hard drive. This file needs the program on the IdentaKey™ USB/flash drive to access and read the information. So no one can access the information without the IdentaKey™ USB drive and the correct username and password.

It is important to keep your IdentaKey™ updated regularly as key information may change (address, phone, contact information).

• Update information and pictures on your IdentaKey™(s) every 6-months or earlier if needed

• Every 6 months new ID Cards and ID Key Chain/Bag Tags should be created for children and teens, and once every year for adults

• Update Fingerprint Card once a year.

• Create backup files on a removable disk

Another great security feature of IdentaKey™ is that as the "owner" of the IdentaKey™ you can have your phone number, mailing address and message be seen immediately if someone were to find your IdentaKey™ and plug it into a computer. The message displayed to them is as follows:

"If you have found this USB drive I would appreciate it if you could return it to me at the address below, thank you." And remember because the IdentaKey™ requires your username and password nobody except you will be able to access any vital information on your Identakey!

Vital information for up to 8 individual profiles can be stored on a single IdentaKey™. However, a single IdentaKey™ could store up to 18 individual profiles and pictures if pictures and images are optimized with a file size less then 800 KB each. 

Any IBM-compatible computer using Windows 2000, XP, or Vista operating system will operate the IdentaKey™. When using Windows 2000, Service Pack 3 (SP3) is the minimum upgrade requirement from Microsoft. Upgrades are available from Microsoft at http://update.microsoft.com. Note: IdentaKey™ Version 2 (V2.0) and newer is compatible with the Windows Vista operating system.

Like most people, you probably don't have all of your important family member information collected in one place. The IdentaKey™ keeps all of this vital information in one place, and it can be carried on your key chain so you have it with you at all times. You can also make changes or updates as often as you choose, in order to incorporate new information about your ever changing and growing family or client base.

Your IdentaKey™ has a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee. To return your IdentaKey™, contact the place you purchased it. Your purchase price will be refunded upon the return of the IdentaKey™ to the place of purchase (or to IdentaKey™ if instructed by the retailer). Returns will not be processed without a dated receipt. In addition, the product must be postmarked within 30 days of the purchase date in order to be accepted for a refund. Shipping charges will be reimbursed only if the return is the result of a product or software defect on the part of IdentaKey™, LLC.

There is limited space available on the ID Card and ID Key Chain reports. For the ID Card each item on the back will hold 2 lines of text. So make sure the critical information is first. Also the text in the Drug Allergies and Allergy fields are combined on the reports. For the ID Key Chain report there is space for 3 lines of text for each of the two selected fields.

Approximately 8 individuals can be stored on a single IdentaKey™. The number of individuals that can be stored is dependent on the file size of individual pictures and scanned images. If pictures and images are optimized with a file size less then 800 KB each, a single IdentaKey™ could hold up to 18 individuals.

No. Fingerprints are not critical to provide to authorities when a person first goes missing. You can print the Fingerprint card, make the fingerprints and store them in a safe place in your house/place of busines to pull out if needed.

You should store it in safe place where it can always be found, and found only by you or a family member. For example, in a fire-proof box, filing cabinet where you keep important family documents or a safety deposit box.

Can I restore my previously saved .bak file to the new usb drive? Yes, when you start your replacement IdentaKey™, the software will prompt you to create your new IdentaKey™ from a previous backup file.

IdentaKey™ recommends four different pictures so you have several perspectives of each person's appearance. Authorities also claim it is essential to have all four picture types to properly identify missing people. We recommend a straight forward shot with your family member/client looking as they do on an average day and the full body shot, with hair pulled back, or perhaps wearing a hat. If they wear glasses, remove them for the second photo. We also recommend two profile shots; one smiling and the other shot not smiling.

USB ports on desktop computers are found in the front or the back of the CPU. Laptops have USB ports on the side or in the back. If you do not have a free USB port, temporarily unplug an idle USB device and use that port.

Yes! And we recommend that you do so regularly. Resetting takes just moments to do but ensures that the information has an extra layer of safeguarding.

If you forget your Username or Password you can click "Forgot Password" on the login screen and your question will be asked. Then your Username and Password will be provided to you.

No. Your computer may give you a message to reboot your computer but that is not necessary. The IdentaKey™ program does not load anything onto your computer.

To add Contacts for your family members go to the My Family page where you add a family member. Scroll down on the My Family page and there is a section called Emergency Contacts. You will see a button that says "Add a Contact". Click that button to add contact information for parents, guardians, caregivers, friends and family members. Each Contact can be applied to the whole family or to just one of the family members.

When you are inserting the IdentaKey™ hold down the "Shift" key which will tell the autorun not to automatically start. Then you can start the IdentaKey™ software by going to "My Computer" then the USB drive and selecting the IdentaKey™ folder and then selecting the icon with the word "IdentaKey™ " next to it. This will start the IdentaKey™ manually.

Most computers with a Windows based operating system will automatically start the Auto Play. However, if changes have been made to the Auto Play default on your computer, the Auto Play window may not appear after inserting your IdentaKey TM into the USB drive. To start the IdentaKey TM application, click on "My Computer", then click on the IdentaKey TM drive, and then click on "IdentaKey TM.exe".

The .bak file is password protected and encrypted; only an IdentaKey TM with its software is capable of reading the .bak file.

The data file is encrypted. The information on the IdentaKey TM.bak file can not be accessed without the IdentaKey TM application and appropriate username and password. The IdentaKey TM application/software only exists on your IdentaKey TM USB drive.

You will be able to save image files with JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, and BMP file extensions to the drive. Basically, any picture you take with your digital camera.

This means there is a local firewall installed on the computer blocking the computer from communicating with the IdentaKey TM software. You will need to turn off the firewall or use another computer that does not have such strong security features.

This may be occurring because of a conflict with a floppy drive and not allowing the autorun feature to work. When you are inserting the IdentaKey TM hold down the "Shift" key which will tell the autorun not to automatically start. Then you can start the IdentaKey TM software by going to "My Computer" then the USB drive and selecting the IdentaKey TM folder and then selecting the icon with the word "IdentaKey TM" next to it. This will start the IdentaKey TM manually.

To review reports that are you have downloaded to your computer from your IdentaKey TM you will require a PDF viewer. A free PDF viewer, Adobe Reader, can be obtained at www.adobe.com.

All computers and USB ports are different. If the IdentaKey™ application does not start after you insert your IdentaKey™ in the USB port, gently move it up and down, side to side, or in and out in order to achieve a connection. The LED light on the end of the flash drive will blink when it is working. If the LED light does not illuminate try inserting the IdentaKey™ into another computer's USB drive. If the IdentaKey™ works on another computer, the problem may be that your first computer has a bad driver or USB port. If your IdentaKey™ LED light illuminates but does not start, please refer to FAQ "I have Windows XP/2000 and the Auto Play window did not open after the little green arrow appeared in the tool tray. What do I do?"

On July 11, 2006, Microsoft® closed the Extended Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me. IdentaKey™ has decided to design the application to function on operating systems supported by Microsoft.

The IdentaKey™ software does not yet work with Mac computers. We are working to develop a version of the software that is Mac-compatible.