Simply put, you can’t. Personal information is still heavily protected in both the United States and the United Kingdom. If your personal information were easily available online then identity thieves could efficiently steal it and you would be a victim of fraud. Furthermore, if your information were readily available online, then it would be safe to assume that anyone could get their information online, which means that all personal information would be compromised.
However, if you want to get access to your birth certificate online, you will first have to check with the state where you were born. Each state regulates the distribution of birth certificates according to their own guidelines, but you will probably still have a hard time getting the state to release it to you online. Obviously this is because of the fact that anything you transmit online is susceptible to theft.
Now, you can sometimes get access to the application for your birth certificate online, but you will more than likely still have to drive it physically down to the county office. This is due to the fact that they will still require verifiable identification in order to prove that you are indeed the person associated with the birth certificate. However, if you simply want to look at your birth certificate to verify the date of birth or time of birth you might be able to contact county records where you were born and simply get a confirmation over the phone or email because it is available on public records.
However, if you want to get access to your birth certificate online, you will first have to check with the state where you were born. Each state regulates the distribution of birth certificates according to their own guidelines, but you will probably still have a hard time getting the state to release it to you online. Obviously this is because of the fact that anything you transmit online is susceptible to theft.
Now, you can sometimes get access to the application for your birth certificate online, but you will more than likely still have to drive it physically down to the county office. This is due to the fact that they will still require verifiable identification in order to prove that you are indeed the person associated with the birth certificate. However, if you simply want to look at your birth certificate to verify the date of birth or time of birth you might be able to contact county records where you were born and simply get a confirmation over the phone or email because it is available on public records.
