Age-calibrated protections are meaningless if a user can claim any age. Tuteliq Verification closes that gap with document scanning, biometric checks, and liveness detection, with jurisdiction-granular overrides for every EU member state and US state.
The complete child safety pipeline
Verification is step one. Without it, every detection, response, and compliance claim is built on unverified assumptions.
Verify
Confirm who the user is and how old they are
Detect
Monitor for grooming, bullying, and 16+ threat types
Respond
Generate action plans and real-time alerts
Comply
Meet KOSA, DSA, OSA, COPPA, and GDPR requirements
Age Verification
Confirm how old your users really are. Document-based or liveness-only, with per-country mode overrides across 27 EU member states and 15 US states.
Identity Verification
KYC-grade identity checks. Document authentication, face matching, and liveness detection. Prevent fraud, ban evasion, and anonymous abuse.
One API. Every jurisdiction.
EU member states don't share the same rules. Neither do US states. Tuteliq lets you configure verification modes per jurisdiction, so you're always compliant where it matters.
EU Member States
GDPR Article 8 sets 16 as the default digital age of consent, but member states can lower it to 13. This means your verification rules must vary by country.
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden
Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Spain
Czech Republic, France, Greece, Slovenia
Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
US State Laws
Beyond federal COPPA, states are passing their own child safety and age verification laws. Tuteliq supports per-state overrides for the most active jurisdictions.
Built for real-world use cases
Verification works best when combined with Tuteliq's 16+ detection endpoints. Here's how teams are using it.
Gaming platforms
Verify player age before enabling voice chat, in-game purchases, or social features. Combine with grooming detection for adult-child coaching scenarios.
E-commerce & marketplaces
Gate age-restricted products (alcohol, tobacco, vaping) with real verification, not just a checkbox. Comply with state-level age verification laws.
EdTech & tutoring
Verify tutor identities before pairing them with minors. Prevent ban evasion and anonymous abuse on learning platforms.
Social & dating apps
Full KYC for adult platforms. Ban evasion prevention through identity-linked accounts. Risk-based step-up verification for flagged users.
Youth sports & club platforms
Verify coach and parent identities before granting messaging access to minors. Combine with grooming detection on team communications.
Why Tuteliq?
Built by developers, for developers. Every design decision prioritises integration speed and compliance coverage.
34 countries, OCR optimised for English and Swedish
Algorithmic document validation for 34 countries (CPF, personnummer, Aadhaar, SSN, and more). ICAO 9303 MRZ parsing for all compliant passports and ID cards worldwide.
Anti-spoofing liveness
HMAC-signed challenge-response with landmark motion tracking, texture analysis (Laplacian variance), depth-of-field cues, and cross-frame consistency.
128-dim face matching
128-dimensional face descriptor matching between document photo and live selfie. Age estimated by our own model on our infrastructure, cross-checked with 10-year tolerance.
Deterministic fraud detection
MRZ check-digit validation, MRZ ↔ OCR cross-referencing, front ↔ back validation, barcode ↔ OCR checks, document type consistency, IP geolocation consistency.
SDKs for every platform
Node.js, Python, Kotlin, Swift, Flutter, Unity, .NET, React Native, plus MCP integration and CLI.
Sub-60s pipeline
All checks run in parallel. Detection: 1.1-1.5s typical. Full verification: typically under 60 seconds. Deployed on GCP Cloud Run in EU, no data leaves the region.
Compliance coverage
Tuteliq Verification is designed to help you meet global child safety regulations.
Age-appropriate protections across our 13 harm categories
Verifiable parental consent for under-13s
Age-appropriate design code with verification
Proactive minor-specific protections
Digital age of consent (13–16 by country)
Proactive age verification for harmful content
Get started in minutes
Create a verification session from your backend, hand the secure URL to your user, and poll for results.
Frequently asked questions
Does Tuteliq offer both age and identity verification?
Yes. Age verification (document + biometric estimation) and full identity verification (KYC-grade document, liveness, face match, ban evasion) are available under one API. You can enable them independently per jurisdiction.
Which regulations does Tuteliq's verification cover?
The verification pipeline is designed to satisfy the UK Online Safety Act, EU DSA Article 28, GDPR-K, US COPPA, KOSA, and the age assurance thresholds set by 27 EU member states and 15 US states.
Can I set different thresholds per country?
Yes. Jurisdiction-granular overrides let you set separate minimum ages, consent ages and verification strengths for every EU member state, US state, the UK, Australia and any custom region you define.
How is user data handled?
All processing runs inside the EU with zero content retention. Only the verification outcome, age band and (for identity) the opaque identity hash used for ban evasion are stored.
What plan do I need to enable verification?
Age and identity verification are included on the Assure plan ($499/mo) and above. They are not available on the Build plan. Enterprise customers get bulk pricing, SLAs and dedicated jurisdictional configuration support.