Age verification workflow integration for online sales

Purpose

1.1. Automate customer age verification during online checkout to enforce legal compliance, prevent underage purchases, and ensure secure storage of verification data for auditability in the context of adult DVD sales.
1.2. Integrate real-time or deferred identity checks, capture consent, and log all verification attempts for regulatory and data retention requirements.
1.3. Scale across multi-channel online sales points (website, apps), removing manual checks and reducing compliance risk.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Customer initiates checkout process containing any restricted item.
2.2. Customer creates a new account or updates personal identity details.
2.3. Regulatory update or process audit requires renewed verification for all or a segment of customers.

Platform variants

3.1. Twilio Verify API
• Feature/Setting: Phone number OTP; configure API to request OTP verification at checkout.
3.2. Stripe Identity
• Feature/Setting: ID document capture and biometric match; enable Stripe Identity workflow for ‘Adult’ product class.
3.3. LexisNexis InstantID
• Feature/Setting: KYC (Know Your Customer) real-time personal data and ID authentication; enable API request per purchase.
3.4. Jumio Identity Verification
• Feature/Setting: Configure for automated ID scan and liveness detection; trigger on account creation.
3.5. Onfido
• Feature/Setting: Selfie and document upload integration; API call embedded into checkout flow.
3.6. Trulioo GlobalGateway
• Feature/Setting: Multi-jurisdictional age and identity check; API call configured per user entry.
3.7. Authenteq
• Feature/Setting: Blockchain-based identity verification; invoke API during payment stage.
3.8. Socure
• Feature/Setting: Real-time document and social media-based validation; implement API in user registration.
3.9. Yoti
• Feature/Setting: Digital ID app link; configure instant Yoti verification handoff in cart flow.
3.10. IDology
• Feature/Setting: Batch processing for periodic re-verification; configure as a nightly scheduled API job.
3.11. Acuant AssureID
• Feature/Setting: Automated ID document authentication; API trigger attached to shipping address entry.
3.12. Experian CrossCore
• Feature/Setting: Layered risk, age and identity check; CrossCore decision API call on sensitive orders.
3.13. DocuSign Identify
• Feature/Setting: eSignature with ID verification; configure for legal consent and ID upload on confirmation.
3.14. Microsoft Azure AD B2C
• Feature/Setting: Conditional access policy for age restriction; configure B2C identity protection policy.
3.15. AWS Cognito
• Feature/Setting: Lambda-triggered rules for age confirmation on account creation or login.
3.16. Okta Identity Engine
• Feature/Setting: Customizable authentication flows for regulated products; build and enforce claim-based policy.
3.17. ID.me
• Feature/Setting: Instant age and veteran verification; configure API for step-up authentication.
3.18. Veratad
• Feature/Setting: Automated ID and DOB match for US compliance; configure API for persistent storage audit logs.
3.19. DataZoo
• Feature/Setting: Global ID and age validator; embed API widget in billing section.
3.20. Shufti Pro
• Feature/Setting: Video KYC and doc analysis with real-time age flagging; configure callback to sales record.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures robust legal compliance in all jurisdictions through verified, automated age checks.
4.2. Reduces human error by integrating real-time document and biometric verification.
4.3. Accelerates checkout and registration process, minimizing customer friction.
4.4. Centralizes audit data for reporting and inspection by authorities.
4.5. Scales instantly across sales platforms with minimal developer intervention.