Age Verification
What Organizations Use Age Verification?
LexisNexis® has processed 51 million requests for age verification since 2003.
Age verification solutions can be used by:
- Manufacturers of age-restricted products:
- Alcohol
- Firearms
- Tobacco
- Fulfillment firms that ship or deliver age-restricted products
- Internet businesses:
- Online dieting
- Online dating
- Marketing firms managing membership clubs for Internet businesses or products which have age requirements.
How Does LexisNexis Age Verification Work?
- Consumer places an order or requests information by:
- Order form on Web page
- Telephone
- Customer name, address and basic information are sent to LexisNexis
- Real-time by XML system to system interface
- Batch (daily, hourly, customer option)
- LexisNexis compares consumer information to the database used by federal, state, banking and other large organizations. LexisNexis can compare customer information to more than 17 billion records with information on U.S. residents, sourced from 500 sources, including government-issued IDs.
- Proprietary match logic allows for fuzzy matching on misspelled names or addresses, nicknames, partial names, etc.
- Variety of approval and rejection codes can be selected by the organization.
- Highly secure systems protect the consumer information. Strict encryption protocol using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
- LexisNexis provides approval/rejection codes regarding whether birth year and/or birth date can be confirmed.
- Result can be automated into computer systems.
Why Choose LexisNexis?
- One of the largest databases of consumer information for age verification applications.
- LexisNexis manages all data sets and database services internally for greater security and confidence.
- Age verification solutions are platform "agnostic" - Can work virtually any system, as either standard implementation or custom.
- Proven technology - performs 24/7
- Proven name match logic
- Flexible product options
- XML for real time
- Batch for customer convenience
- Experienced implementation and training teams.
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