# hVerify — Age Verification & KYC from Austria

> hVerify (ageverification.at) provides automated age and identity verification for vending machines (Automatenshops), retail, and online platforms. The solution combines ID document scanning (16,000+ document types from 190+ countries), biometric face matching with liveness detection, and digital identities such as ID Austria and EU eIDs (eIDAS). hVerify is accredited by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) for age verification via ID Austria and was planned together with the Austrian Federal Chancellery. Data is processed on servers in Austria and not stored after verification (GDPR-compliant).

The site is available in 8 languages (de, en, it, fr, es, nl, cz, sk); URLs follow the pattern https://www.ageverification.at/<lang>/<path>. German is the primary market language, English links below.

## Products

- [Age Verification](https://www.ageverification.at/en/): Age checks for vending machines and POS — ID scan (~5 s), full biometric verification in under 30 s, ID Austria support, MDB/pulse/API machine integration (Sielaff, Vendo, Jofemar, Necta, and more). Configurable age limits (16/18/custom).
- [KYC](https://www.ageverification.at/en/kyc): Know-Your-Customer identity verification for banks, insurers, payment providers, lawyers/notaries, gambling, hotels, and rental businesses — document verification, AML/PEP/sanctions screening, audit trails, REST API + webhooks, WebSocket, or hosted link/QR redirect.

## Blog

- [Alcohol Sales in Austrian Automatenshops: What the New VwGH Ruling Means](https://www.ageverification.at/en/blog/age-verification/vwgh-ruling-alcohol-automatenshops): Analysis of Austrian Administrative Court decision Ra 2026/04/0008 — alcohol may not be sold via self-service machines in generally unmanned Automatenshops; what qualifies as a "Betriebsraum" and where age verification fits in.
- [How to Open an Automatenshop in Austria in 5 Steps](https://www.ageverification.at/en/blog/age-verification/how-to-open-automatenshop-austria): Practical guide covering location, product mix, machines, payment, permits (Gewerbe, Betriebsstätte), and age verification.
- [Youth Protection in Austrian Automatenshops: A Comparison of Age Verification Systems](https://www.ageverification.at/en/blog/age-verification/youth-protection-austrian-automatenshops): Comparison of ID scanners, bank-card checks, and biometric solutions against Austrian legal requirements for alcohol and tobacco.

## Contact

- Email: hello@ageverification.at
- Book a demo: https://www.cal.eu/hverify/intro
- Contact form: https://www.ageverification.at/en/#form-section

## Optional

- [Blog index](https://www.ageverification.at/en/blog)
- [RSS feed](https://www.ageverification.at/feed.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://www.ageverification.at/sitemap.xml)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.ageverification.at/de/datenschutz)