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Privacy-first, user-respecting, always accountable.

We don’t just meet compliance requirements. We work to earn trust.

Age Layer is built on a simple principle: do the right thing for users, platforms, and regulators — even when it’s harder.

Our Ethical stance

In age and identity verification, how you verify is just as important as what you verify.

Too many systems go straight to full identity collection, surveillance logic, or opaque AI decisions — all in the name of “compliance”.

We take a different approach:

Why Human Review is an Ethical Win

Automated systems can be biased, fragile, or too rigid. Our human reviewers provide:

Context

Interpreting edge cases that machines fail to catch

Fairness

Avoiding false declines due to AI misreads or racial bias

Auditability

Transparent logs and review trails regulators understand

Human review may take a few extra seconds — but it builds lasting trust.

What We Won't Do

We don’t believe “good enough” is good enough when it comes to ethics. That’s why Age Layer won’t:

Transparency in Practice

Users control what they share

Redaction tools built into every upload

Data isn’t held longer than necessary

All images deleted after review

Every decision can be traced back to a real reviewer

Avoid repeated checks while maintaining trust

Verification logs

Include timestamp, method, reviewer ID (not user data)

We don’t just promise privacy — we build systems that make it the default.

Our Responsibility To The Niche

Mainstream platforms have PR teams.

Alternative platforms have targets on their backs.

That’s why we believe the burden of ethical integrity is higher when you serve industries like:

These are often the very platforms that get dropped by mainstream vendors. We think they deserve ethical, compliant verification too.

Want verification you can stand behind?

Age Layer lets you offer privacy-first, ethically-reviewed assurance — without crossing a line you can’t defend.