What are a Veriff session reference and non-biometric review metadata on JoinTheSwing?
From the current Veriff check, JoinTheSwing never receives or stores your ID scans, selfie captures, or biometric templates; instead, we retain four non-image records — the verification result, Veriff's session reference, a consent receipt, and non-biometric review metadata — for account integrity, duplicate prevention, and support.
Discreet members rightly want to know what technical records sit behind a verified badge without reading vague marketing slogans. Before any automated identity check begins, JoinTheSwing presents a BIPA-aligned notice and records your explicit consent receipt before opening a capture session with our processor, Veriff.
From the current Veriff check, JoinTheSwing never receives or stores the raw government-ID photos, live selfie video frames, or facial-geometry biometric data. Instead, JoinTheSwing retains four specific non-image items: the verification result (such as approved, resubmission requested, or declined), Veriff's session reference (an opaque UUID pointer to that check), your timestamped consent receipt, and non-biometric review metadata such as status timestamps and non-image reason codes needed to troubleshoot a failed retry or prevent duplicate abuse.
Historical accuracy matters just as much as current architecture. Members who verified through our earlier, retired in-house pass may still have ID, selfie, or couple photos stored in our private verification_documents bucket; those files are deleted when the account is deleted, and nothing writes to that retired store today. On JoinTheSwing, a couple is marked verified only after both people have each completed their own government-ID and biometric check.
Keeping image custody out of JoinTheSwing's current pipeline means support staff never browse a folder of current Veriff selfies while still giving you deterministic status updates. Digital memberships run in-app via Apple StoreKit 2 on iOS and Google Play Billing on Android — read the full retention schedule at /legal/privacy and /guides/member-trust-verification.