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Age Verification for Online Platforms and Regulated Sellers
Confirm that a customer is old enough before you let them in. NeuroVision reads the date of birth from a passport, ID card or driver's license, matches the document photo to a live selfie and confirms that the person in front of the camera is over 18.
- TOP-24, NIST FRVT 1:1 Verification TOP-24, NIST FRVT 1:1
- 195+ countries and territories 195+ countries and territories
- Active liveness, Mask mode Active liveness
- 14-day free trial 14-day trial
Independently tested and certified
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- GDPR
- iBeta ready
Age checks
What an Age Check Includes
Date of birth from the document
We read the date of birth from a passport, ID card or driver's license and confirm that the customer is over 18.
Face match to the document photo
The selfie is compared with the photo in the document, so the date of birth on the page belongs to the person in front of the camera.
Active liveness on every check
Mask mode asks the user to fill two ovals with their face. Printed photos, screen replays, masks and deepfakes do not pass.
Age consistency across the session
The selfie, the document photo and the date of birth are checked against each other, and a mismatch is flagged for review.
Age detection from the face
Face attribute analysis returns an estimated age together with the match result, so you can see at a glance how far a user is from 18.
How it works
How Online Age Verification Works
Four steps, one session, one result for your system.
Works in a browser on a phone or a laptop — no app download.
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1. The user takes a selfie
The widget opens the front camera and guides the user to place their face in an oval.
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2. Active liveness confirms a real person
In Mask mode the user moves closer to the camera to fill a second oval. The face only moves toward the camera, so the check is quick and hard to fake with a flat image.
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3. The user scans an ID document
A passport, ID card or driver's license is captured and read, including the date of birth.
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4. You get a clear over-18 answer
Your system receives the age check result together with the document and face match results in one session response.
Methods
Age Verification, Age Estimation and Age Assurance
Age assurance is the umbrella term regulators use. These are the methods behind it.
ID-based age verification
The date of birth comes from a government-issued document, so the age is proof rather than a guess. Ofcom lists photo-ID matching among the methods capable of being highly effective age assurance.
When to use You need proof of age, or your regulator asks for a document check
What is checked
- Date of birth from the document
- Document authenticity
- Face match to the document photo
- Active liveness
What age assurance means
Regulators use age assurance for any method that tells you how old a user is. Age verification confirms a date of birth from a trusted source. Age estimation predicts an age range from a face without identifying the person.
Compliance
Age Verification Laws by Region
Self-declared birthdays are no longer enough.
Last reviewed: October 2026. This overview is for information only and is not legal advice.
ISO/IEC 27566-1: the international age assurance standard
Published in December 2025, ISO/IEC 27566-1 describes how age assurance systems should be designed and compared, with privacy and security among their core characteristics. It prescribes no single technology: national rules differ, but what they ask for is converging.
Southeast Asia
Age Rules Across Southeast Asia
Three ASEAN regulators have moved first, and each of them names the methods it will accept.
Singapore
Designated app stores must apply age assurance so that users under 18 cannot download age-inappropriate apps.
- Rule
- Designated app stores must keep users under 18 from age-inappropriate apps
- Age assurance duties in force since
- April 1, 2026
- Regulator
- IMDA
- Methods the code allows
- Age verificationAge estimation
- Rule
- Only users aged 16 and above may register and hold an account
- In force since
- June 1, 2026
- Regulator
- MCMC
- Documents named by the ministry
- MyKadPassportBirth certificate
- Rule
- Age check and parental consent for users under 18
- Regulation
- PP 17/2025
- Regulator
- Komdigi
- Documents named by the rule
- KTPPassport
Security
Privacy Built Into the Age Check
Only the result leaves the check
Your platform receives the outcome of the age check and the session identifier. The face image is handled inside the check and is not part of the answer your system stores.
Retention follows your settings
How long document data and session images are kept is a setting on your account, not a default we choose for you.
Certified security program
Our information security management system is built and maintained in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
Your users' data stays under the privacy laws of the markets you serve
GDPR in Europe, the PDPA in Singapore and Malaysia, UU PDP in Indonesia and the Data Privacy Act in the Philippines.
Industries
Age Verification Solutions by Industry
Regulators set the limit. We confirm the age behind the account.
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Online gambling and sports betting
Keep minors out at sign-up and confirm identity before a withdrawal, as licensing rules require. The age check, document check and AML screening run in one session.
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Social media and online communities
Malaysia's Child Protection Code has required licensed social media services to check a user's age against a government record since June 1, 2026, and Australia expects platforms to keep under-16s off their services. Both rules point at the same thing: a document instead of a declared birthday.
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Video games and streaming
Open mature content, voice chat and in-game purchases to adult accounts only, with a check that takes one session instead of a form nobody fills in honestly.
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E-commerce: alcohol, vapes and tobacco
Check age at checkout instead of relying on a tick box, and keep the result in your audit log for trading standards.
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Crypto exchanges and trading apps
Licensed exchanges confirm that a new customer is an adult before trading begins, in the same session that runs the document check and AML screening.
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Telecom and SIM registration
Register subscribers against a national document where the law requires it, and record the age along with the identity.
Why NeuroVision
Why Choose NeuroVision Age Verification Software
One age verification platform for every market you work in.
Age checks run on the same engine as our identity verification, so the age of a customer, the authenticity of their document and the liveness of their selfie are answered in one session.
One flow for age and identity
Switch an age check on for a market or a product without adding a second provider or a second integration.
One API
Documents from 195+ countries and territories
The document check works for travelers and international customers, not only for local IDs.
195+ countries and territories
Face technology in the global TOP-24
The face engine behind the document match is independently measured, not described in marketing terms.
TOP-24, NIST FRVT 1:1 Verification
Active liveness on every check
Mask mode blocks printed photos, screen replays, masks and deepfakes before the age result is issued.
Active liveness, Mask mode
Age consistency, not just a date
The estimated age, the document photo and the date of birth are compared with each other, so a borrowed document is flagged.
Three sources compared
Start on your real traffic
Run the check on live sessions during the trial, with full API access and sandbox access from day one.
14-day trial
Pricing
Age Verification Service Pricing
You pay for completed checks. Build the set you need in the calculator and see the price before you talk to anyone.
Age check
From $0.25 per verification
The age check against the date of birth in the document is part of every document check. Add face match, liveness and AML screening and the calculator shows your price.
Pay as you go
No subscription on standard plans. You are charged for the checks your users complete.
Free trial
A 14-day trial on your real traffic with full API access and sandbox access from day one.
Volume and enterprise
Custom terms for platforms with millions of monthly sessions, including on-premise deployment and an SLA.
Integration
Age Verification API and SDKs
Add an age gate to your sign-up, your checkout or a content page without rebuilding the flow around it.
Ways to integrate
What comes with the integration
- Session API and webhooks
- Web SDK with your brand colors
- Dashboard with session history
- Access tokens and role management
- Sandbox from day one
Cloud or on-premise
Run the check in our cloud or inside your own perimeter where data must not leave it.
Review in the dashboard
- Session history
- Manual review
- Access rights
- Export
Contacts
Try Age Verification Free
Tell us your markets, your monthly volume and where the age check sits in your sign-up flow. We will set up a sandbox, show a live session and walk you through what your regulator expects.
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Email us:
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Insights & Resources
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FAQ
Age Verification FAQ
The questions platforms ask before they turn an age check on.
Didn’t find your answer?
Age verification is the process of confirming that a user is old enough to access a product, a service or a piece of content, usually 18 or older. Online, it is done by reading the date of birth from an identity document and matching the document photo to a live selfie.
The user looks at their phone or laptop camera, and active liveness detection confirms that a real person is in front of it rather than a photo or a video. The user then scans a passport, ID card or driver's license, and your system receives the age result together with the document and face match results in one session response.
Age verification confirms a date of birth from a trusted source such as a passport. Age estimation predicts an age range from a face without identifying the person. Our face attribute analysis returns an estimated age alongside the document result, so the two can be compared.
Age assurance is the umbrella term regulators such as Ofcom use for all methods of establishing a user's age, including age verification and age estimation.
Compliance is a question about your service, not about a supplier, and it is Ofcom that answers it. What we can state is the method: Ofcom lists photo-identification matching among the methods capable of being highly effective age assurance, and that is the method our check uses. Whether a given service meets the Act also depends on how it applies age assurance across its own content and users.
Yes. Document checks cover 195+ countries and territories, which includes the national IDs and passports used across Southeast Asia. Three rules in the region already ask for a document rather than a declared birthday: Malaysia's Child Protection Code, in force since June 1, 2026; the age assurance duties for designated app stores in Singapore, in force since April 1, 2026; and Indonesia's PP 17/2025.
Your platform receives the result of the check and a session identifier. How long document data and session images are kept is a setting on your account, and the whole process runs inside an information security management system built in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
Use the no-code widget for a quick start, the Web SDK to keep the flow inside your own page, or the REST API to drive it from your backend. Sandbox access is available from the first day of the trial.
