Age assurance

Low friction age assurance, 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.
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Zero friction
age checks
Pioneers
of email-based age checks
<5s
average age check time
Global
age-related compliance

Age checks for all industries

Social media
Online video
gaming
Online
marketplaces
Online
dating
Adult
entertainment
use cases

Age-appropriate experiences for every user

We help platforms determine the age of their users, so they can create safe and compliant online spaces.

Safer online environments

Whether you're blocking under-18s from restricted content or unlocking age-appropriate features, our age checks safeguard your users and keep you compliant with global legislation - without disrupting the experience for legitimate users.

Privacy-by-design

Verify user age without ever seeing their personal data. Using a variety of methods - including email-based age checks, a method we pioneered - we share a simple yes/no with your platform, and nothing else.
Why Verifymy

Why platforms trust Verifymy

Knowing the age of your users is no longer optional. We combine deep regulatory expertise, the lowest-friction technology on the market, and a consultative partnership to help you stay compliant without sacrificing conversions.

Deep safeguarding and regulatory expertise

We've spent years navigating the world's most complex age assurance and safeguarding requirements, across the sectors where the stakes - and the scrutiny - are highest.

Insight grounded in real regulatory relationships, not a generic playbook.

The lowest-friction technology

Age assurance should protect your users and your business, without compromising either.

Always innovating, we invented email-based age checks, and we continue to build technology that meets regulatory requirements while keeping the user experience seamless.

A partner, not just a provider

We work alongside you, offering direct access to real expertise rather than a support queue.

The right solution depends on your user journeys, demographics and regions, so we tailor ours to your needs as the regulatory landscape continues to shift.
How it works

Background checks or age gate

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.

Background age checks

Use data already captured at account creation or within a transaction, while the user experiences no interruption. 

Methods include: Email-based age checks, Mobile phone number, Credit bureau check

Age gate

Users choose their preferred method and provide additional information needed to prove their age.

Methods include: Email-based age checks, Facial age estimation, Identity document and face scan, Credit card, Mobile phone number
Deployment scenarios

Four ways to deploy background age checks

Age checks that work seamlessly in the background, using data your platform already collects - with no friction or interruption to the user journey.
Methods used: email-based age checks, mobile phone, credit bureau check

At account creation

Email or mobile data collected at sign-up is used to verify age in seconds.

  • Email or mobile securely shared via API
  • OTP sent by your platform or Verifymy
  • Configured to your platform, with no disruption to user experience

At a user risk event

An age check is triggered by a high-risk interaction or behaviour.

  • The logged in user consents to their email or mobile being used to verify age
  • Age is verified instantly for authenticated accounts
  • No age gate required or interruption to the user journey

At checkout

An age-restricted purchase triggers an age check, with no redirect away from the checkout flow.

  • User notified and asked to consent
  • Age verified instantly using existing transaction data
  • No disruption to the purchase journey

In batches

Existing users can be verified in bulk – no new integration or user action required.

  • Existing user base verified via a batch check
  • Age checks run seamlessly in the background
  • No age gate required
The age gate

Let your users choose how to prove their age

Pick from a range of methods - including our market-leading email-based age checks - to empower your users with optionality, so they can select the one they feel most comfortable with.
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Age gate
Email-based age checks
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Identity document and face scan
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Mobile phone number
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Facial age estimation
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Brazilian CPF checks
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Why 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, our solutions fit seamlessly into your platform without adding unnecessary friction.

Frictionless by design

Majority of users verified with no interruption to their journey.

Highly effective

ISO/IEC 27566-1 certified age assurance solution.

Privacy-preserving

Yes/no response shared with the platform only, no personal data stored.

Commercially viable

Live across numerous platforms, sectors and countries.

Inclusive

A range of methods to choose from, empowering users with optionality.

Compliant

Aligned with global age assurance requirements and standards.

Implementing Verifymy’s email address age estimation solution has increased our conversions by 40%.

The team at Verifymy truly understands the importance of protecting conversions and the overall user experience.

By utilising their proprietary technology, we can remain compliant without negatively impacting our revenue – it was a simple decision for us.

Charles Rousseau

Chief Operating Officer, Gamma Entertainment
Compliance & certifications

Aligned with guidance, standards and regulatory frameworks across key markets worldwide

Ready to implement age checks?

Get in touch to discover how we can help you solve your compliance and safeguarding challenges.
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