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    Age Verification

Age verification should be just an age

Highly effective age verification, so you know your users are the right age, and nothing else.

Trusted by governments and businesses
Kids Web Services
Kids Web Services
Kids Web Services
Meta
Meta
Meta
MYM
MYM
MYM
Riley Cillian
Riley Cillian
Riley Cillian
Instagram
Instagram
Instagram
Lebara
Lebara
Lebara
Strongpoint
Strongpoint
Strongpoint
NCR
NCR
NCR
Childline
Childline
Childline
Yubo
Yubo
Yubo
Virgin Games
Virgin Games
Virgin Games
NSPCC
NSPCC
NSPCC
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About Age Verification

A privacy-first approach to age verification

You don’t need to know someone’s name to know they’re the right age – you often don’t even need their date of birth. We’ve built a range of tools that let users prove they’re the right age for your service without sharing any personal information – because it’s good for everybody.

Offer your customers six ways to prove their age

We use a combination of AI technology, liveness anti-spoofing and document authenticity checks so you can offer highly effective age assurance to your customers.

  • Facial age estimation

    Users simply look at the camera on a device and have their photo taken.

    Our algorithm instantly estimates their age based on their face, certified for use in a Challenge 25 policy area.

  • Yoti app

    Users scan a QR code using their Yoti ID and share a verified “Over” attribute.

    Users add an ID document to the app, which we verify is real using automated and manual processes.

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    ID document

    Users scan their ID document and take a biometric selfie using the camera on their device.

    We match the user to their ID document using automated and manual processes.

  • Credit card check

    We use a trusted 3rd-party check to verify if your customer is over 18 using their credit card details.

  • Mobile provider check

    We use a trusted 3rd-party check to verify your customer is over 18 using their mobile provider details.

  • Database check

    We use a trusted 3rd-party check to verify your customer’s name, date of birth and address against a database.

Privacy by design

Check age without processing customer data

Simply tell us your age requirements and we’ll send you the result of the age check, with some non-identifiable information for your audit requirements. We don’t share or store any personal data, protecting the privacy of your users and your brand against data leaks. 

Age stamps indicating the common regulatory age thresholds of under 13, over 13, over 18, over 21, and over 25
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A globe indicating services for age estimation, id verification and digital ID in the United Kingdom and France

Global scale

Take your service global

Set your age requirements by country and show different age methods depending on where your users are in the world. This way, you can keep regulators and users happy whilst delivering the best pass rates for different markets.

Languages: 🇬🇧 English,  🇩🇪 German,  🇫🇷 French,  🇪🇸 Spanish,    🇮🇹 Italian, 🇧🇷 Portuguese, 🇨🇳 Chinese and more.

Tokenised age

Tap into an ecosystem of reusable age tokens

Age tokens let users continue to access your site without having to prove their age again, meaning less user friction and lower costs. Tokens don’t contain any personal details, just the result of an age check and information around when and how it was performed.

If you’re curious about how tokens work and how they’re secured, read more on our developer documentation.

Use cases

Deliver age-appropriate experiences

Verified parental consent

Make sure parental consent is given by an adult by asking them to take a selfie. Our age estimation AI will tell you in seconds whether they’re 18+.

Verified parental consent

Make sure parental consent is given by an adult by asking them to take a selfie. Our age estimation AI will tell you in seconds whether they’re 18+.

Rapid proof of age at the online checkout

Customers with age-restricted products in their basket are asked to prove their age via any age assurance method.

Customer-driven proof of age

Customers prove their age at the self-checkout with a real-time selfie which is age estimated and deleted. Those that look too young can share a verified age from their digital ID app.

Introduce the right level of friction post-onboarding

Scan user accounts at scale using facial age estimation AI and introduce ID verification for those at risk of being the incorrect age.

Integration

Add age verification to your website in minutes

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Low code

Access up to six age assurance tools through one simple API that’s easy to integrate.

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Plugins

Add age verification to your site in a couple of clicks with our Magento and WooCommerce plugins.

Regulation

Meet your regulatory requirements with ease

ICO Children’s Code

If you deliver an online service, you’re obliged to recognise child users in a privacy-preserving way.

Ofcom

Our highly effective tools recognised by UK regulator Ofcom for use by adult sites to protect under 18s from viewing age restricted content.

UK Online Safety Act

Sites and apps in the UK that allow user-posted content must protect under 18s from viewing harmful content or face fines of up to ten per cent of your global annual turnover.

EU Digital Services Act

The EU’s upcoming Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act will place extra duties on services and content providers to protect vulnerable and under 18 users from harmful and age restricted material.

Accreditations

Industry-approved innovation

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    PAS1296:2018

    Our age-check services are validated as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s PAS 1296:2018 code of practice.

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    FSM

    Age solutions approved by the German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media (FSM).

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    ACCS

    Approved by the internationally recognised standards of the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS).

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    KJM

    Age estimation and the Yoti app approved by the German regulator for 18+ adult content.

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    PASS

    Yoti ID, Post Office EasyID and Lloyds Bank Smart ID are now accredited by the national Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) as Digital Proof of Age cards.

  • UK government certified

    UK Government

    Digital ID Connect apps are UK Government approved proof of identity for criminal records checks and proving your Right to Work when starting a new job.

Memberships

Building a safer internet

We Protect Global Alliance
We Protect Global Alliance
We Protect Global Alliance
Ada Lovelace Institute
Ada Lovelace Institute
Ada Lovelace Institute
euCONSENT
euCONSENT
euCONSENT
Age Verification Providers Association
Age Verification Providers Association
Age Verification Providers Association
Online Safety Tech Industry Association
Online Safety Tech Industry Association
Online Safety Tech Industry Association
Point de Contact, France's internet hotline and safety forum
Point de Contact, France's internet hotline and safety forum
Point de Contact, France's internet hotline and safety forum
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