--- title: Anthropic lays down identity verification on Claude description: Anthropic is rolling out identity verification on Claude using Persona Identities, requiring government-issued photo ID and a live selfie for certain users.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-lays-down-identity-verification-on-claude-c1w6a9kje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Anthropic lays down identity verification on Claude | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic is rolling out identity verification on Claude using Persona Identities, requiring government-issued photo ID and a live selfie for certain users.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-lays-down-identity-verification-on-claude-c1w6a9kje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c1w6A9KJe.png og:image:alt: Anthropic lays down identity verification on Claude og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic lays down identity verification on Claude **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic is rolling out identity verification on Claude using Persona Identities, requiring government-issued photo ID and a live selfie for certain users. The verification targets four groups: usage policy violators, users in unsupported regions (e.g., China, Russia, Iran), terms of service violators, and under-18 users. Anthropic states it will not use verification data for model training, will not store images on its own systems, and will not share data with third parties. The move comes amid broader global trends around age restrictions on digital platforms, and notably differs from OpenAI and Google, which allow users aged 13 and older. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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