The Second Life Grid Grind's Jamie David got an email from Linden Lab for his alt account, Agelock Short. It appears someone reported Agelock Short for being underage, and the account was suspended pending an age-check, as is commonly done in these situations.
The problem is that Agelock Short was already successfully age-verified as an adult through Linden Lab's age-verification arrangement with Aristotle/Integrity. That apparently, is not good enough.
An age-check is performed by Linden Lab when they are in doubt of the age or identity of a user. In order to complete one, the user must send "a legible copy of a government-issued identification document (state ID, driver's license, passport, military ID, birth certificate) that clearly includes both your name and date of birth. This is the only type of identification acceptable for establishing age eligibility." (quoted from the Linden Lab age-check email sent to Agelock Short, with our emphasis added)
We are at something of a loss here. Either Linden Lab does not bother to check Aristotle/Integrity's age-verification, or does not trust it. Is there a third alternative that we may have missed?
If Aristotle/Integrity's age-verification isn't sufficient for Linden Lab to establish your age or otherwise cover itself legally, or to establish any trust or confidence on their part, why then was it implemented in the first place?
