Age-restricted retail carries real legal exposure. Every inconsistent ID check is a liability for the business.
Sightic replaces staff judgment with objective AI-powered verification. Consistent outcomes at every transaction, regardless of shift or staffing.
Sightic Age Verification uses AI to estimate customer age in seconds — automatically approving clearly older customers and flagging anyone near the legal threshold for a standard ID check. No staff judgment call. No inconsistency. The same outcome every time, regardless of who is working.
One camera at the checkout does the work. The system integrates into your existing setup — no new hardware required beyond the camera already in most modern self-checkout environments.
Norway’s state alcohol monopoly piloted Sightic Age Verification at one of its busiest stores.
The results across 1,037 scans:
Read the full story: Can AI Help Verify Age? Inside Sightic’s Pilot Project with Vinmonopolet →
Age is only part of the compliance picture. Retailers also have a legal obligation not to complete a sale to customers who are already visibly impaired, but placing that responsibility on individual staff members creates an inconsistent, uncomfortable situation for everyone involved.
Sightic Checkout adds a second layer and it requires nothing from the customer. The analysis happens automatically while the customer shops and packs their items at the checkout. The checkout camera analyses eye movement and physiological indicators in real time, entirely passive and seamless. No additional step, no interaction, no friction to the customer experience.
If signs of alcohol impairment are detected, staff receive a clear signal, removing the burden of judgment from the individual and replacing it with consistent, objective data. An analysis completed in under 15 seconds. An uninterrupted checkout flow.
Together, Sightic Age Verification and Sightic Checkout cover both compliance gaps in one flow: who shouldn’t be sold to based on age, and who shouldn’t be sold to based on current state.
All Sightic solutions are built on a scientifically validated foundation, developed in partnership with leading research institutions and verified against a proprietary dataset of more than 14,000 real-world recordings of impaired individuals. Results are accurate, reproducible, and grounded in peer-reviewed methodology.
Our core technology is ready to deploy. Custom integrations and adaptations are available, tailored solutions are scoped and priced accordingly.
All processing is on-device. No images stored. No biometric data retained. GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified, with formal ethics approval for every study underlying the models.
We’ll walk through your checkout setup, regulatory exposure, and what a pilot would look like.
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