AGE ASSURANCE
Email-based age checks
Invented by Verifymy - now the industry benchmark for zero-friction age assurance.
Territory
Global
Type
Age inference
Deployment
Background/Age gate
Speed
Results in seconds
Age checks from data a platform already holds
Analyses an email address's existing digital footprint - without accessing its contents - to determine age. This includes reviewing where it has been used, for example with financial institutions, mortgage lenders or utility providers.
No identity documents
No selfies
No credit card details
No apps to install
Just an active email address. Simple as that.
Benefits
Good for users, good for business
Protects minors
Support compliance
Privacy-preserving
Fast
Frictionless
Inclusive and without bias
how it works
Email-based age checks, step by step
Whether deploying Verifymy's market-leading email-based age checks as a single, standalone method or as part of your full age assurance suite, the solution fits seamlessly into your platform without adding unnecessary friction.
1
An email address is submitted by the platform via an API or inputted manually by the user
2
Anti-spoofing and fraud prevention checks are applied
3
When an email is submitted manually, a time sensitive one-time passcode is triggered to confirm email ownership
4
Analysis is performed on the email's existing digital footprint
5
A minimum estimated age is returned to the platform
WHITE PAPER
Email-based age checks: The benchmark for frictionless age assurance
Download our latest white paper for more information on how our email address solution works.
Age checks for all industries
Social media
Tailoring experiences by age and protecting younger users from age-inappropriate and harmful content.
Adult entertainment
Preventing minors from accessing adult content, in line with evolving age verification regulations.
Online video gaming
Ensuring players meet minimum age requirements for mature-rated games and user-to-user features.
Marketplaces
Verifying buyers’ ages at checkout for age-restricted items such as alcohol, tobacco, vapes and bladed items.
TRUST & COMPLIANCE
Certified accuracy
Independently certified by the Age Check Certification Scheme to ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025, with the email-based age check method recognised as "highly effective”.
Built on privacy-by-design principles
Every age check returns a simple result - a pass/fail against the age threshold, or a minimum estimated age. No documents, biometric data or personal details are ever shared with your platform.
Data retention
Deleted or anonymised immediately after verification
Data minimisation
Only the minimum data needed to return a result is ever collected
Data integrity
Protected with 256-bit encryption, hashed and salted.
GDPR
Fully compliant with UK and EU GDPR
How businesses use it
Regulatory compliance
Meet local and global age verification, advertising, and data privacy requirements.
Age-gating
Restrict access to age-sensitive content and products — alcohol, tobacco, adult entertainment.
Age-appropriate experiences
Tailor content, features, and interactions to age groups on social, video, and gaming platforms.
Database enrichment
Verify age thresholds (13, 16, 18+) across your existing user base to improve targeting and ROI.
Explore other age assurance methods
Email-based age checks are one of several methods Verifymy offers. Deployed as a single, standalone method or as part of your full age assurance suite, the solution fits seamlessly into your platform while keeping business disruption to a minimum.
Mobile phone number
Confirms a phone is in the possession of, and authorised for use by, a person aged 18 or over.
Facial age estimation
Analyses facial features captured in a short selfie video - including liveness checks that protect against 2D images, masks or bots - to determine whether the user meets the applicable age threshold.
Identity document and face match
Takes a picture of a government-issued identity document and matches it against a selfie - verifying that the document belongs to the person presenting it - to confirm whether the user meets the applicable age threshold.
Credit card
Authorises a user's credit card - reflecting the minimum age required to hold one in the relevant jurisdiction - to determine whether the user meets the applicable age threshold.
Brazilian CPF check
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Talk to a regulatory expert
Understand how email-based age checks can meet age assurance regulations in your markets.
Frequently asked questions
Answers to common questions about email-based age checks.
How is this different from age verification, and is it estimation or inference?
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How does it work?
An age verification method using credit card authorisation to confirm age.
How are email-based age checks deployed?
An age estimation method based on a person’s facial features captured in a short selfie video.
What are the benefits of email-based age checks?
An age verification method that uses government-issued IDs to determine a user's age and employs face match technology to verify ID ownership.
What happens after a user's age check is complete?
An age verification method using credit card authorisation to confirm age.
What happens if a user's age check fails?
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