ID Tech Digest – July 9, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: UK Report Counts…
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Articles tagged with age verification
Bulgaria’s GERB Proposes Under-16 Social Media Limits With a Digital Age-Check Wallet
Bulgaria’s GERB party has submitted a bill that would bar children under 16 from social networks and verify users’ ages through a state-issued digital identity…
Scandit Enters Biometrics With Face-Estimation Age Checks for Self-Checkout
Smart data capture company Scandit has introduced Age Verified Self-Checkout, a system that uses smartphone-based facial age estimation or ID scanning to clear…
Persona Expands Digital ID Coverage to National Wallets and Bank-Backed NFC Tokens
Identity verification company Persona is broadening the range of government-issued digital IDs its platform can accept, adding support for several national…
IETF Draft Maps the Technical Tradeoffs of Age Verification
A new document circulating through the Internet Engineering Task Force tries to pin down what age verification actually costs. Titled “Age Verification…
EU Expands eIDAS Dashboard Into Trust Hub for Digital Identity Wallet
The European Commission is turning its eIDAS Dashboard into a central registry of the trusted parties that will underpin the EU Digital Identity Wallet, and…
Veratad Launches Identity and Age Verification Toolkit for AI Agents
Veratad Technologies has launched the Veratad VX Agent Toolkit, a set of tools that let AI agents and the applications behind them confirm a real, authorized…
UK to Allow Digital Verification Services for Alcohol Age Checks
The UK is set to let people prove they are old enough to buy alcohol using a digital identity check rather than a physical document, after the Home Office laid…
Romania to Build Its EU Digital Identity Wallet on Germany’s Open-Source Model
Romania plans to build its national version of the EU Digital Identity Wallet on the open-source software developed by Germany, a move the government says will…
Vimeo Documents Persona-Powered Age Verification With Selfie Age Estimation
Vimeo has detailed how it checks users’ ages, using identity-verification vendor Persona and, in some cases, selfie-based facial age estimation, as it complies…