AgeID is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with OCL and its Portes solution for anonymous face-to-face age verification, plus workplace and child protection.

The PortesCard is available to purchase from select retailers and any of the U.K.’s 29,000 PayPoint outlets as a voucher. 99% of the U.K. population live within one mile of a PayPoint outlet, making the voucher easily accessible for all consumers of legal age.

Each PortesCard will cost £4.99 for use on a single device There is a £8.99 option for use across multiple devices.

This latest development from AgeID comes ahead of impending regulation on adult content websites, due to be enforced under the Digital Economy Act 2017 and regulated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

Once a card or voucher is purchased, its unique validation code must be activated via the Portes app within 24 hours before expiring. Once the user has been verified, they will automatically be granted access to all adult sites using AgeID.

No personal data is collected during the process of purchasing the PortesCard from the retailer, activating it through the app or creating an AgeID account in an effort to provide an anonymous age verification experience.

As an additional layer of protection, parents can quickly and simply block access on their children’s devices to sites using Portes, so PortesCards cannot be associated with AgeID.

James Clark, Director of Communications at AgeID, said “The anonymous nature of Portes fits perfectly into AgeID’s suite of age verification options, offering privacy and reassurance to consumers that their personal information cannot be revealed.”

“The addition of OCL’s parental and fraud prevention controls puts their solution head and shoulders above the rest and gives parents peace of mind as we enter a new era of internet regulation in the UK,” Clark added.

Serge Acker, CEO of OCL, seconded Clark’s sentiments. “We have designed Portes to be a seamless, transactional platform that can verify agreements between different parties without the need to store any kind of personal data,” Acker said.

“With new legislation set to come into force soon, we have created a status verification solution that is seamless and elegant, with far-reaching child and workplace protection applications, ensuring that only properly verified parties can access adult materials, regardless of whether that’s visual media or social media,” he added.