Linden Lab Official:What are the different types of Account Verification?

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In order to access Adult Content in Second Life, your account needs to be verified.

You may have heard the terms "Account Verification" and "Age Verification". While related, they are in fact different! Here's what you must know:

• Account Verification is an umbrella term which contains different ways of being Account-Verified.
• Having "Payment Info on File" means you're "Account-Verified" , but not necessarily "Age-Verified". You can be neither, either, or both. For example, if you purchase goods from Xstreet with a credit card, you have Payment Info on File status, and are "Account-Verified". But, you're not Age-Verified unless you explicitly go through the Age Verification process.
• Furthermore, even if you have both Payment Info on File and are Age-Verified, to access a Region, your Preferred Maturity must be the same or greater than that Region. For example, to access an Adult-rated Region, you need to set your Preferred Maturity rating to PG, Mature and Adult. Similarly, to access a Mature-rated Region, you need to set your Preferred Maturity to PG and Mature or PG, Mature and Adult. This diagram explains:

  

Tip: If you need to change your Preferred Maturity setting, you can find it in Edit > Preferences, then click General tab. Look for the dropdown next to I want to access content rated. The highest level is PG, Mature, and Adult.

Land access levels

Land can be set to restrict access at three different levels. In order of highest to lowest order and capitalized for ease of understanding, they are:

1. Estate - Found in World > Region/Estate under the Estate tab:

   

2. Region - Found in World > Region/Estate under the Region tab:

   

3. Parcel - Found in World > About Land under the Access tab:

   

Note the related controls.

Access at a higher land level always overrides a lower level. For example, even if you allow someone who's not Age-Verified to enter at the Parcel level, they can't enter if non-Age-Verified accounts are banned at the Estate level.

Important: Unfortunately, due to limitations in the Viewer user interface, Estate control settings (found within World > Region/Estate) can't be seen if you only own a Parcel in a Region. The next best thing to do is ask the Estate Owner or Manager what the permissions are.

Use this flowchart to figure out why you may be able or unable to access a Parcel of land within a Region (which in turn belongs to an Estate).

Remember, your Preferred Maturity rating must be the same or greater than the Region you're trying to access. Even if you meet all other qualifiers, you won't be able to access an Adult-rated Region — and will be informed of such — if your Preferred Maturity rating is lower PG, Mature and Adult.

See also

Category:Adult - More details on the above terms.