It seems to me that LL must already know about these, but since it's been suggested that we make constructive suggestions rather than complaining, here goes:
http://www.idology.com/age.html
ExpectID Age Benefits:
* Helps eliminate age-restricted product sales to minors online
* Prevents minors from accessing restricted content
* Increases protection of your business
* Reporting features help show your due diligence efforts
* Alerts you to interactions with minors under COPPA
* Provides flexible limit settings
* Confirms age based on name and address only
From Answers.com:
AdultCheck - Site Owners Page
http://msm.adultcheck.com/cgi-bin/merchant.cgi?65590
CyberAge
http://aux.avsofchoice.com/wmtour/protected.html?refwm=3572117
A method of ID verification from well known credit reporting agency
Equifax, IDVerify, does not require a credit card, and has worked to
great effect on sites like eBay. Customers submit their name, Social
Security Number and a few other personal details, then they complete a
simple questionnaire. The information provided is instantly
crosschecked with the Equifax database, then the consumer is either
verified or asked to call an 800 number.
IDVerify
http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/g-idverify.html
You need to be a registered eBay user (registration is free), and
completion of the verification process costs $5.
http://www.birthdateverifier.com/
This product uses a unique combination of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign Act), 15 U.S.C. §7000, and the Unsworn Declarations Act, 28 U.S.C. §1746, which together allow for the submission of electronic documents under the penalties of perjury. These copyrighted statements, used in conjunction with a proprietary birth date verification script, amount to the equivalent of an ‘electronic affidavit’ stating the user’s name and birth date. Moreover, the BirthDateVerifier™ Version 4.0 (“Verifier”), script records the user’s IP address, along with the time and date of attempted access, thereby providing valuable support logs in the event proof of a user’s identity is later required. All users are required to agree to the application of U.S. law to govern the transaction, thus making the device effective worldwide.
http://www.onlineageverification.com/
This is a group of wine sellers. They are using something called VerifyME.
Found this interesting quote at the above site:
"Now that VISA explicitly prohibits merchants from verifying age by use of its credit card and consistent with credit card association rules, reliable real time verification through a check of government-issued ID databases offers confirmation of a consumer’s age with high confidence."
http://www.verifymyidentification.com
Integrity
nLine is an international fraud prevention, age and identity verification service that integrates a government-issued ID database check, algorithms and web-based signature capture.Those are just links I found in a 10-minute google search. Looks like there are plenty of services out there, many of them anticipating international customers. I'd like to hear from LL why one of these solutions isn't being considered -- or if one is, that would be good to hear, too.
neko