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Age verification app wins approval


AgeAI has received Primary Authority approval from Peterborough & Cambs TS

Richard Young

Posted 04 October 2024 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Consumer Goods and Services|National


UPDATES: A new age verification app has received Primary Authority approval after demonstrating high levels of accuracy, offering retailers an automated way to strengthen age-restricted sales compliance and record refusals.

Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Council Trading Standards has awarded Primary Authority approval to AgeAI, an age verification app which can reportedly identify people aged between 18 and 20 as being under the age of 25 with 100% accuracy.

The approval of the app – which uses UKAS-certified FaceAssure technology – means it can be used by retailers across the UK to automate age checks. It ...

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