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Age Assurance Statement

Why we check age

FabSwingers is for adults aged 18 and over. You must complete age assurance before you can access content or interact with other members. This applies wherever you live.

The UK’s Online Safety Act requires services such as ours to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing them. We use methods that Ofcom identifies in its guidance as capable of being highly effective.

You can check your account’s age assurance status here.

How we check age

There are several ways to complete age assurance. We show you the methods available to you.

You may already have completed a check, for example by upgrading by text from a phone unlocked for adult content or by using an eligible adult-unlocked mobile connection. Some mobile connection checks can happen automatically, without you needing to complete another step.

Verify using your camera. We use your selfie camera (or webcam) and AI to estimate your age. We also check that there is a live person in front of the camera and look for attempts to use a photograph or recording instead. We use a threshold of 25 to allow a margin for error in the estimate; the minimum age for using FabSwingers is still 18. If you do not pass this check, you will need to use another available method. We do not keep any information or images during this process.

Verify using your camera and photo ID. We use your selfie camera (or webcam) together with an official photo ID document, such as a passport or driving licence, to check your age and that the document belongs to you. This provides an option if the facial age estimate does not meet our threshold. We do not keep any information or images during this process.

Verify by credit card. If you upgrade to Site Supporter using a credit card, we can also use that payment to complete age assurance. We check that the card is a credit card, which requires the cardholder to be 18 or over. Debit cards do not qualify for this method. The payment is for your Site Supporter upgrade, with no separate charge for the age check.

Verify through your mobile phone and network. UK mobile networks require proof that you are 18 or over before removing their adult-content restrictions. We check whether those restrictions have been removed when you request a free Age Assurance PIN by text or by using details about your mobile connection.

If you need help

If one method doesn’t work for you, please try one of the other available options.

Designed for Privacy

We have designed our age assurance services to put your privacy first in line with guidance from the ICO about Age Assurance data. We do not store any information including date of birth, biometric information or apparent age: We simply record if you have passed the check. Any data needed during Age Assurance is securely deleted at the end of the process.

You can review our full privacy policy here.

For parents and carers

Separately from our age assurance checks, internet and mobile network content filters provide an additional layer of protection for children.

FabSwingers is classified as an adult site and is blocked by adult-content filters. Make sure adult-content restrictions are switched on for both your home broadband and your child’s mobile phone network.

Never give a child a phone whose mobile network adult-content block has been removed. If the block was removed while an adult used the phone, have the mobile network switch it back on before giving the phone to a child.

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