Is Veriff safe with your data?

Veriff

38/100

Weak disclosure · medium confidence

Veriff earns a D (38/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.

#157

of 211 apps ranked

score · Security & compliance avg 51

-13

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

Veriff discloses automated identity verification with human-review rights, biometric retention limits (3 years for Illinois), and does not sell identity verification data for ads, but lacks explicit opt-out mechanisms for model training and synthetic-output marking.

What Veriff's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

Biometric retention (D6.3)

For Illinois residents, we will permanently destroy their biometric identifiers and biometric information when the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining such identifiers or information has been satisfied or within 3 years of the individual's last interaction with Veriff, whichever occurs first.

No-sell for ads (D4.3)

Our 'sale,' 'sharing' and 'targeted advertising' activities do not apply to personal information that we collect in the course of providing identity verification services to our Customers.

Automated decision rights (D6.1)

Fully automated verification process... you will have the right to request human intervention or object to the decision made on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Data minimization (D3.4)

Veriff aims to delete/blur or make in other ways unreadable any data or documents presented in the session that are not necessary for Veriff's service provision.

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: keeping user inputs out of model training
Not stated: a way to opt out of training
Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs

Veriff privacy rating

Training-data use0 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inSilent

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingSilent

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsSilent

Data-subject rights0 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataPartial

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataPartial

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingPartial

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestPartial

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsPartial

Third-party sharing1 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withPartial

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outDisclosed

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency0 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIPartial

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputSilent

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsPartial

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

Sensitive data and children1 of 4 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathPartial

Limits the use of special-category dataPartial

Governs biometric data specificallyDisclosed

States protections for children's dataPartial

Security and accountability0 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsPartial

Commits to breach notificationPartial

Names a certification or a privacy contactPartial

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Security & compliance
Modalities: text, image
Processes biometrics: Yes
Policy last updated: 2026-04-16
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.