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The terms, the methods UAE, UK, EU and Turkish rules accept, and who does what.","2026-10-16T18:00:00+03:00",[],[13,16,19],{"name":14,"path":15},"Home","\u002F",{"name":17,"path":18},"Glossary","\u002Fglossary",{"name":7,"path":5},true,"\u002Fglossary\u002Fage-assurance.md","glossary","age-assurance","content\u002Fen\u002Fglossary\u002Fage-assurance.md",{"collection":26,"path":5},"glossary_en",null,"The umbrella term for finding out how old a user is: age verification confirms an age against evidence, and age estimation infers it.",[30,33,36,39],{"q":31,"a":32},"What is the difference between age assurance and age verification?","Age assurance is the umbrella term for any way of finding out how old a user is. Age verification is one kind: it confirms an age against evidence, such as an identity document, a digital ID or Turkey's e-Devlet age token. 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