Tag: age verification

  • Report Details Global Age Verification Regulations

    Report Details Global Age Verification Regulations

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    Ondato, a global provider of digital identity and age verification solutions, has released a report that maps the intricacies of age verification regulations worldwide.

    The report analyzes age verification laws and practices across major markets, including the EU, the United States, the United Kingdom and emerging economies. It provides sector-specific insights into regulations affecting industries such as gaming, social media, e-commerce and online content streaming. Additionally, the report identifies common compliance challenges that businesses face when navigating diverse regulations and explores how technology can help mitigate these issues.

    “Our goal is to empower businesses with the knowledge and tools they need to stay compliant and protected,” said Ondato co-founder and CEO Liudas Kanapienis. “This report is an invaluable tool for companies striving to keep pace with the evolving regulatory environment.”

  • Ondato Launches Age-Verification System

    Ondato Launches Age-Verification System

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    Ondato has launched a reusable age-verification solution, called OnAge.

    The technology is designed to streamline age-restricted access and ensure user anonymity for digital platforms. Combining AI device recognition with biometric algorithms, the system enables companies to determine the ages of their users with 98.7 percent to 100 percent accuracy and use the results of the verification for subsequent visits, eliminating friction in granting users repeat access, according to Ondato.

    Because the system retains only the user’s age eligibility status after verification, it complies with the strictest privacy and security standards. In addition, OnAge can be implemented into any website or app without requiring additional downloads from users.

    “We’re excited to launch OnAge as a response to both regulatory needs and user demands for a more seamless, secure age-verification solution,” said Liudas Kanapienis, CEO and co-founder of Ondato.

    “Our OnAge solution combines cutting-edge AI and biometric technology to ensure age compliance in a way that doesn’t compromise user experience or data privacy while keeping verification costs lower than other similar solutions. By introducing reusable verification, we’re making it easier for companies to protect minors while offering users a smoother, faster process.”

    One of the advantages of OnAge is reusable verification, which allows businesses to save costs and spares customers the hassle of repeated verification each time they want to access restricted content or services.

    After verifying their age once, users can create a four-digit PIN to access age-restricted content for a specified period, as set by the platform.

  • Improving age verification

    Improving age verification

    The subscription vaping-product brand, Shoreditch, says that it has developed, in partnership with Experian, a system ‘to stamp out’ online ordering by those under 18 years of age.

    Shoreditch says that it is pioneering a new approach to online age verification for age-restricted tobacco and electronic cigarette products with Prove-ID, an identity checker that confirms online purchases are made by those of a lawful age. It has set itself a benchmark of 90 percent of over-18s.

    The founder of Shoreditch, Ryan Shaw, was quoted in a company press note as saying that, as a responsible retailer, Shoreditch had long felt it was not enough for someone simply to tick a box to say they were over 18.

    The company had therefore tasked Experian with helping it develop a better system.

    Prove-ID age verification had an added age verification layer, which meant Shoreditch could reach its own target of 90 percent of sales to over 18s.

    “Experian has been a dream to work with and the results have already exceeded our expectations,” Shaw said.

    “Implementation with our website was quick and easy and the system is now up and running.

    “We’ve worked closely with the implementation team at Experian to optimise our form fields in order to maximise our user-accept rate and ensure that ordering online is still convenient for our customers.

    “Our pass rate is already 86 percent – and rising.”

    Prove-ID is said to have been designed for organizations that need to verify the identity of their consumers in order to protect them.

    It compared the customer information entered with more than one billion records held by Experian, the press note said.

    From there, the system quickly made an informed decision about a customer’s age and either allowed her to proceed with the purchase or declined the order.

    Shoreditch is at: www.vapeshoreditch.com