What happens to your ID when you verify your age?

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Yoti deletes the selfie image as soon as an age estimate is given – no facial images are shared with the Yoti Client or any other third party. yoti.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: Selfie deleted as soon as an age estimate is given; ID document images, data and selfie deleted as soon as an age is given, or kept 28 days where the client configures manual review; check results stored for the client for 6 months unless deleted sooner

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Once you have successfully verified your age through our Parent Verification or Age Verification service, we will store your verified status alongside your hashed email address. kidswebservices.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: Verified status kept against a hashed email; verification details (such as card details) never stored by KWS; other personal information kept “for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for”; image handling delegated to Yoti (face), Veriff (ID) and Stripe (card)

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Regardless of which provider you choose to perform age assurance, we at k-ID do NOT store the information that you provide to prove your age. All we store is the result of the verification process (i.e., whether you passed or failed). k-id.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: On-device facial estimation; images never uploaded

Applies only to Reddit. Not a vendor-wide default.

Persona deletes all of your personal information, including any images if collected, immediately after the verification process ends. help.withpersona.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: Immediately after the verification process ends (Reddit deployment only)

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When age estimation is complete, Private ID shares with Google if they can confirm you’re old enough. Your selfie is then deleted. support.google.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: Selfie deleted after estimation (Private ID); uploaded ID “Will be deleted after your date of birth is successfully verified.”; card data retained “as necessary to meet legal and regulatory requirements”

Applies only to YouTube. Not a vendor-wide default.

We and our partners will delete your personal data immediately as soon as the Check is complete and the result has been shared with Google. verifymy.io checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: immediately (email-based estimation for Google)

Applies only to Apple devices (UK account age confirmation). Not a vendor-wide default.

kept for a short period of time support.apple.com checked 6 September 2026

Stated period: ID image only; duration unspecified, followed by deletion

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Yes. OnAge uses facial analysis and age estimation for accuracy, but it deletes biometric data instantly. Only the result — “old enough” or “not old enough” — remains. ondato.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: instantly (OnAge)

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No long-term personal data retention oneid.uk checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: not stated

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Upon completion of a verification transaction, Veratad does not retain full underlying identity data as part of a persistent consumer profile. Veratad may retain limited information (such as transaction logs, security records, document images where applicable, and fraud or abuse prevention signals) where necessary to operate, secure, and support the Client Services, including certain Veratad-operated verification components, and in accordance with contractual, legal, and regulatory requirements. veratad.com checked 18 October 2026

Stated period: No fixed period; document images may be kept “where applicable”; biometric identifiers destroyed “once the purposes for which collecting or maintaining such information has been satisfied” (state-specific periods for Illinois, Texas and Washington residents)