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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Credit card check
We use a trusted 3rd-party check to verify if your customer is over 18 using their credit card details.
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Mobile provider check
We use a trusted 3rd-party check to verify your customer is over 18 using their mobile provider details.
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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.
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
Low code
Access up to six age assurance tools through one simple API that’s easy to integrate.
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
PAS1296:2018
Our age-check services are validated as being in compliance with the British Standards Institution’s PAS 1296:2018 code of practice.
FSM
Age solutions approved by the German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media (FSM).
ACCS
Approved by the internationally recognised standards of the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS).
KJM
Age estimation and the Yoti app approved by the German regulator for 18+ adult content.
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
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
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