Choose from eleven privacy preserving age assurance options
Offer simple proof of age checks for visitors and creators to ensure they are the right age to access your content, without sharing any other personal information with your platform.
Ensure your age checks are compliant in different jurisdictions across the world
With our market leading age assurance tools, you can be confident your business is meeting regulatory requirements – in particular newly emerging legislation in the UK, the EU and France, Australia and parts of the USA.
We have listed out some of the specific regional requirements below but please do get in touch if you have any further questions.
UK
Our key age assurance methods are recognised by Ofcom as highly effective for accessing age-restricted content online.
France
ARCOM will require you as a service provider to offer a ‘Double Blind’ age assurance method to your clients; our partnership with another organisation means we can offer this.
Germany
Yoti’s age assurance methods are able to meet Germany’s age estimation threshold of 23. Our approaches are listed in the KJM Raster.
USA
Florida
As mandated under House Bill 3 (2024), Online Protection for Minors, you will need to offer your users the option of having an anonymised age verification conducted by a wholly controlled US business. We have a partnership with a US provider to give our clients an easy way to enable this option alongside the existing Yoti conducted age verification methods.
Tennessee
From January 2025, you will need to perform reasonable age verification checks to protect minors or you will be liable. There must be 60 minutes between checks, and the check must be performed on the device viewing the content – mobile hand-offs checks will not be accepted. Yoti’s age assurance solutions can help you meet these requirements.
Offer simple, privacy-preserving proof of age options
Ensure users accessing your platform are the appropriate age, without collecting any personal information. We offer the below age assurance tools for platforms with age restricted content.
Over/under age
threshold results
All data deleted
for complete
privacy
1 second check time
for facial age
estimation
Low friction
age checks
Low effort
integration with
a single API
Facial age estimation
We use AI to estimate the user’s age from a selfie. Our technology is independently tested and accuracy is continuously improved; as of September 2024, the True Positive Rate (a result that correctly estimates the person as 18+) for 13 to 17 year olds correctly estimated as under 21 is 99.3%.
Pair with our proprietary liveness detection technology to confirm it’s a real person behind the camera, along with our patented Secure Image Capture and Processing (SICAP) solution to prevent injection attacks.
Digital ID wallet
Users scan a QR code to share an anonymous 18+ only attribute from their pre-verified reusable digital ID.
Document
We match the user’s ID document and a selfie to anonymously confirm if the person is over 18.
Age token
Give users continued access to your site without having to prove their age again, meaning less user friction and lower costs.
Credit card
Credit card details are verified with a temporary charge (no money leaves the users account).
Mobile
The user’s 18+ status is checked using the phone number’s billing payer data and secondary data sources, such as utility and transaction history.
LA wallet
Louisiana residents can scan a QR code to share an age attribute from their Louisiana issued LA wallet.
Electronic ID
The user’s age is checked using national e-ID schemes.
Social Security Number
The user’s name, date of birth, zip code and SSN are verified with a data intelligence provider.
Database
The user’s name, address and date of birth are verified against a database.
Email age estimation
If you have a verified email address for a user, you can ask us to check if it is likely to be associated with someone aged 18+ based on usage.
Remove friction for returning users
Creators and users can verify their age once and gain continued access to an ecosystem of age-restricted platforms. This is powered by a network of reusable age tokens, keeping users anonymous and verified.
1. User proves their age.
2. An anonymous age token (18+) is added to their device.
3. User freely visits other websites that accept the token criteria.
4. User visits a website with other requirements and is asked to prove their age again.
Optimise your workflow with our dynamic dashboard
Tailor your age verification workflow to suit your business needs with our fully customisable dashboard.
- Flexible verification: Choose the methods offered to each user for personalised results.
- Instant results: Receive verification outcomes within seconds.
- Customise your experience: Tailor the look and feel of our platform to match your brand.
- Meet payment processor standards: Easily comply with MasterCard and Visa requirements.
- Dedicated support: Access a specialised support Slack channel for real-time assistance.
- Product roadmap workshops: Participate in workshops to shape the future of our products.
- Industry insights: Benefit from design recommendations driven by industry expertise.
Technical capabilities of our age verification solution
99.9% SLA
24×7 security,
operations and
support
Regular
independent
audits
Regional
deployments
Multilingual
Join the 'age appropriate' movement
We’re committed to developing privacy-preserving technology that can help keep people safe online with age appropriate design. We collaborate with regulators, civil society and industry thought leaders and have helped to shape the international standards for age assurance.
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ISO 9001
Certified for quality management standards.
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ISO 27701 & ISO 27001
Certified for privacy information management standards.
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SOC 2 Type 2
Certified for technical and organisational security process.
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FSM
Approved by German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media.
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AVPA
Member of the association maintaining high standards in age verification.
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ACCS
Approved by the internationally recognised standards of the ACCS.
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KJM
Solutions approved by the German regulator for the protection of minors on online media.
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