AltersVerifikation

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Age verification

Identity verification

Youth protection
for your vending and
self-checkout business

A digital age verification solution that makes your age-restricted sales compliant with Austrian youth protection (Jugendschutz). Without extra staff 
or new machines.

Trusted by leading companies

Jugendschutz and legal compliance

Youth protection (Jugendschutz) now also applies to unattended sales.

Challenge

New youth protection rules now require reliable age checks for products that may only be sold to adults. Also at established unattended vending machines and self-checkout points.

You want to keep these products out of the hands of minors, while growing legal and inspection pressure makes a compliant, staff-free solution unavoidable.

Our Solution

Your digital shortcut to compliance.
We integrate digital age verification into your existing terminals.

Every age-restricted purchase is checked automatically, documented for inspections and still feels fast and seamless for your customers.

Ready to make your vending and 
self-checkout Jugendschutz compliant?

Solution

Age verification in 4 simple steps

Our age verification runs on top of your existing vending machines 
and self-checkouts in most cases without any hardware changes. The whole process happens on the customer’s smartphone and is completed within a few seconds.

1. Step

Scan QR code

Scan 
QR code

The age check is triggered by a simple QR code scan on the customer’s smartphone.

2. Step

Face 
scan

The app quickly takes a photo of the customer’s face and checks that it matches the verified ID document.

3. Step

Scan ID document

The customer then scans their ID card or driving licence. The app automatically reads it and checks the date of birth.

4. Step

All done
in seconds

Once the age is confirmed, the machine or self-checkout receives the result and the purchase can be completed.

Benefits, powered

by proven technology

With us, you’re not just ticking a legal box. You’re getting a future-proof setup that reduces risk, keeps operations lean and builds on certified, battle-tested technology.

Makes your business Jugendschutz-compliant.
Every age-restricted transaction is verified and can be logged, helping you stay in line with Austrian youth protection (Jugendschutz) requirements and inspections.
Keep operations lean
Age checks run digitally on the customer’s smartphone, so you can keep unattended and staff-light concepts running without adding manual ID checks.
Scale across locations
Roll out the same age verification flow across multiple machines, shops or petrol stations – without redesigning hardware at every site.
Better customer experience
The QR-based process is fast, mobile-first and familiar, so responsible customers can complete the check in seconds and move on.

Technology you can rely on

Evaluated biometrics
Highly accurate OCR module
Active liveness detection

Use cases

Typical youth protection use cases we support

Vending machines

Keep your vending machines open in public areas while meeting youth protection (Jugendschutz) rules – without adding staff or replacing existing machines.

Self
checkout

Let customers buy age-restricted products at self-checkout in supermarkets or petrol stations while staying compliant with youth protection rules.

Unattended
micro-markets

Run 24/7 kiosks and hotel lobby shops with a digital age gate, so goods for adults stay compliant even without staff present.


Let’s make your business
Jugendschutz
compliant

Book a consultation

Prefer to talk directly?
Get in touch with our representative

Alexander Brabetz
CDO, SOFTEC Austria