{"id":3818,"date":"2026-03-31T00:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/helpcenter\/what-a-prescribed-purpose-means-in-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:19","password":"","slug":"what-a-prescribed-purpose-means-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/helpcenter\/what-a-prescribed-purpose-means-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Prescribed Purpose Means in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A prescribed purpose is the reason you are performing a check. In practice, this means the purpose selected in the system should match the real business reason for the search.<\/p>\n<h2>Why this matters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It supports lawful and responsible use of information.<\/li>\n<li>It helps prevent misuse of sensitive results.<\/li>\n<li>It creates a stronger audit trail for your organisation.<\/li>\n<li>It helps support and review teams understand the context of the search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rule:<\/strong> If the purpose changes, run a new search with the correct purpose instead of reusing the old result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need help?<\/strong> Email <a href=\"mailto:support@kto.co.za\">support@kto.co.za<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:support@j-cred.co.za\">support@j-cred.co.za<\/a>, call <a href=\"tel:+27102240589\">+27 10 224 0589<\/a> during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prescribed purpose is the reason you are performing a check. In practice, this means the purpose selected in the system should match the real business reason for the search. Why this matters It supports lawful and responsible use of information. It helps prevent misuse of sensitive results. It creates a stronger audit trail for your organisation. It helps support and review teams understand the context of the search. Rule: If the purpose changes, run a new search with the correct purpose instead of reusing the old result. Need help? Email support@kto.co.za or support@j-cred.co.za, call +27 10 224 0589 during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[23],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3818","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-compliance-and-responsible-use"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":121,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"KTO Digital Admin","author_nicename":"tsholo","author_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/author\/tsholo\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Compliance &amp; Responsible Use","term_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/docs-category\/compliance-and-responsible-use\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}