Parental Consent Without Storing Identity Documents

Authorization is not permanent identification
The requirement may be to establish that parental authorization occurred. That does not
necessarily mean the application needs permanent access to passport images, driver licenses,
complete dates of birth, document numbers or addresses.
Minimize what survives the ceremony
A privacy-preserving workflow can separate the authorization ceremony from the application
record: parent/guardian -> authorization process -> required condition verified -> attestation/proof
-> child account.
Data minimization as engineering
Do not retain sensitive identity information merely because it passed through a verification
workflow. Retention should be tied to what the application actually needs and to applicable
obligations.
The platform still needs evidence
Cryptographic attestations and auditable records can preserve evidence of the authorization event
rather than unnecessarily preserving every piece of underlying personal information.
Connect parental consent to age assurance
Parental authorization can sit inside a larger safety architecture: age assurance -> minor? ->
parental ceremony -> authorized? -> continue or restrict.
Related concepts
Privacy-Preserving Age Assurance; Cryptographic Evidence Preservation.
DON'T TRUST US. VERIFY US.
Test the system, inspect the architecture, and decide whether it belongs in your safety
stack.
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