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Identity & age verification

Proof there's a real adult on the other side.

A government ID, a live selfie, and a face match between the two. Age comes from the date of birth on the document — never from guessing at a face.

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Images deleted after 30 days · BIPA, CCPA and GDPR aligned

VERIFICATION STATUSLive
DocumentGovernment photo IDREAD
Face matchSelfie vs ID portraitMATCHED
Date of birthParsed from the document18+
StorageEncrypted, 30-day expirySEALED
Face databaseNever builtNONE

The process

Four steps, about two minutes.

The person arrives from a link, works through it on their phone, and comes out the other side with a decision. Nothing is stored longer than it needs to be.

STEP 01Consent

Plain-language explanation of what's collected, why, and for how long. Nothing starts until every box is ticked.

STEP 02Document

A photo of a government ID. Text is read from the document itself — name and date of birth, not an estimate.

STEP 03Selfie

A live capture from the camera, compared against the portrait on the ID to confirm the document belongs to the person holding it.

STEP 04Decision

Clean submissions clear automatically. Anything ambiguous goes to a person, and the result is sent back to the business that asked.

What it gives you

An answer you can rely on later.

AGEFrom the document
SourcePrinted date of birthEXACT
Face estimateNot used, everOFF

Age-estimation models guess, and they guess worst at exactly the boundary that matters. We read the number instead.

IDENTITYBound to a person
Face matchSelfie to ID portraitREQUIRED
Legal nameReturned to your systemSHARED

A borrowed ID doesn't pass. If an agreement later has to name someone, the name came off a document they were holding.

PRIVACYBy construction
Retention30 days, then deletedAUTO
At restEncrypted object storageAES-256
ResaleNo data sold or sharedNEVER

You receive a decision and a name. The images stay with us and expire on their own.

INTEGRATIONPer tenant
HandoffSigned link, your brandingHOSTED
ResultSigned webhook to your APIHMAC
DevicesPhone, tablet, desktopALL

One platform serving several businesses at once, each with its own keys, branding, and result endpoint.

Two ways to be here

Sent a link? It's already waiting.

Verification starts from a link issued by the business you're dealing with — an event, a venue, a marketplace. There's nothing to sign up for here, and no account to create. If you haven't got a link, ask whoever sent you.

Running something that needs to know its users are adults? Get in touch and we'll talk about what it takes to add you.

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CURRENT TENANTSMulti-client
EventsTicketed, age-restrictedLIVE
MarketplacesBuyer identity checksLIVE
VenuesDoor and pre-registrationREADY
OnboardingKeys, branding, webhook~1 DAY