Age assurance, market by market
Rules move by jurisdiction and by catalog. We track what changed, who it applies to, and what it takes to stay compliant at checkout.
AUG 06 2026 · Comparisons
Best WooCommerce age verification plugins compared
The most-installed age verification plugin has not shipped an update since October 2025. On WordPress that is a security question, not housekeeping.
AUG 05 2026 · Comparisons
Best age verification services: pricing and features compared
Most age verification vendors publish no price at all. Among those that do, one 18+ check ranges from $0.30 to $1.89 — and the spread is not about quality.
AUG 05 2026 · Comparisons
Best Shopify age verification apps: popups, ID checks and delivery verification
The Shopify age verification category is two categories with a tenfold price gap, and the cheap one is the popular one. Here is what each actually proves.
AUG 04 2026 · Alcohol
Online alcohol age verification laws and penalties: UK
In law an online alcohol sale happens in the warehouse, not at the checkout or the doorstep. Every duty in the regime hangs off that one section.
AUG 03 2026 · E-commerce
What the Online Safety Act expects from age-restricted storefronts
The OSA raised the bar from self-declared age to evidence you can show a regulator. Here is what that means for a UK checkout.
AUG 02 2026 · Alcohol
Online alcohol age verification laws and penalties: EU
The EU wrote an age verification rule into law for tobacco and none for alcohol. What governs cross-border alcohol e-commerce is a tax directive.
JUL 28 2026 · Dating apps
Age verification requirements for dating apps: Australia
Australia penalises the ID check itself. Collecting government ID for age assurance is a civil penalty unless a reasonable alternative is offered.
JUL 26 2026 · Tobacco
Online tobacco age verification laws and penalties: Australia
Australia's federal tobacco statute sets no minimum age at all. For an online seller the binding offence is not the sale — it is the product page.
JUL 25 2026 · Tobacco
Online tobacco age verification laws and penalties: EU
The EU has required an age verification system for cross-border tobacco sales since 2016. Its own review found 80% of retailers were using self-declaration.
JUL 24 2026 · Tobacco
Online tobacco age verification laws and penalties: USA
Federal rules treat online tobacco sale as an exception to a face-to-face requirement, then impose two age checks on it — one at order, one at the door.
JUL 20 2026 · Alcohol
Online alcohol age verification laws and penalties: Australia
No Commonwealth law sets an alcohol age of sale. NSW filled the gap with the most prescriptive online delivery regime of any jurisdiction in this series.
JUL 19 2026 · Dating apps
Age verification requirements for dating apps: EU
No EU law sets an age check rule for dating apps. There is one horizontal duty, a national patchwork aimed elsewhere, and a jurisdiction rule that just moved.
JUL 17 2026 · Dating apps
Age verification requirements for dating apps: UK
Under the Online Safety Act the age check is not a feature on the sign-up screen. It decides which half of the Act applies to the service at all.
JUL 14 2026 · Alcohol
Online alcohol age verification laws and penalties: USA
No federal law makes it an offence to sell alcohol to a minor. The federal drinking age is a highway funding condition aimed at states, not at sellers.
JUL 07 2026 · Tobacco
Online tobacco age verification laws and penalties: UK
No UK law tells an online tobacco seller to check age. Two offences commence in 2026 and 2027, and proving the check is the only defence to either.
JUL 06 2026 · Dating apps
Age verification requirements for dating apps: USA
No federal law makes a dating app check age, and no state law names dating apps. The rule that will bind them is being written for app stores instead.