Age assurance
Low friction age checks, built for scale
The widest range of age assurance methods - including email-based and mobile background age checks. Compliant, privacy-preserving and designed to safeguard your users.
Age assurance EXPLAINED
Three ways to determine age
Age assurance covers a spectrum from exact ID-based age verification, to estimation and inference checks using biometric characteristics and behavioural signals.
Age verification
Confirms a user's age via an exact date of birth using official documentation.
→ Methods include: Government-issued ID scan & face match
→ Methods include: Government-issued ID scan & face match
Age estimation
Predicts a user's age, or estimated minimum age using biometric characteristics.
→ Methods include: Facial age estimation
→ Methods include: Facial age estimation
Age inference
Determines a user's age using verifiable contextual, behavioural, transactional or environmental signals.
→ Methods include: Email-based or mobile phone checks
→ Methods include: Email-based or mobile phone checks
How it works
Age assurance methods
Age checks can be deployed seamlessly in the background using data already collected by a platform, or presented as an age gate when additional information is needed.
Zero friction • No user interaction
Background age check
Use data already captured at account creation or within a transaction, while the user experiences no interruption.
Email address
Analyses an email address to accurately determine user age while preserving privacy.
Mobile phone number
Confirms a phone is in the possession of and authorised for use by a person aged 18+.
Name and address
Uses customer order details to verify age during the purchase of an age-restricted item.
Low friction • User action required
Age gate
When a background check cannot confirm age, users are presented with a choice of methods from which to select their preferred option and provide additional information in order to prove their age.
Email address
Analyses an email address to accurately determine user age while preserving privacy.
Facial age estimation
An age estimation method based on a person’s facial features captured in a short selfie video.
Mobile phone number
Confirms a phone is in the possession of and authorised for use by a person aged 18+.
Government-issued ID scan and face match
Uses government-issued IDs to determine a user's exact age and employs face match technology to verify ID ownership.
Government-issued ID
An age verification method that uses ID scanning to determine a user’s exact age.
Verifymy
Built for every requirement
Whether adding our market-leading email-based age checks to improve your user experience, or partnering with us to manage your entire global age assurance requirements through a full suite of methods designed to empower user choice, our solutions fit seamlessly into your platform without adding unnecessary friction.
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