How do I get age / identity verified so I can upload media?

Restrictions Until Verification

To protect the safety and confidentiality of others, and to ensure no media of minors are uploaded, Midwest Nudists has an age / identity verification process. While not required, certain features are disabled for members until they verify:

• Custom avatars (uploading or using an external avatar via a URL)
• Uploading attachments (e.g. forum posts)
• Uploading any files or media (e.g. gallery entries, downloads, or the filedump)

Exception: These restrictions are not in place for Support Tickets (so you can communicate with staff effectively and provide screenshot evidence when necessary) and the catalog for uploading your verification photo.

You will also get nagged by a small reminder message on the page every time you load a page that contains one of these disabled features.

Verification Process

To get verified, click the link on the nag message telling you that you cannot upload media yet. This will take you to a "catalog" where you can upload a verification photo. The photo must include all of the following, unaltered (except to censor information on your ID card that we do not need, if you prefer), and all in the same / single photo:

• Your face, unobstructed
• A government-issued identification card (we will not accept temporary cards or papers), which must include the following in a legible and readable manner (everything else can be censored):
  • Your face / photo ID, and it must be similar to your actual IRL face
  • Your birth date, which must match the birth date you set on your profile, and must indicate you are at least 18 years old
  • The date the card was issued, and the date the card expires; the card must be valid
  • Any and all security features of the card which prove the card's authenticity, such as holograms, seals, logos, etc.
• A piece of paper, which you must hand-write the following information in a legible manner (other methods such as typing are not acceptable):
  • Your Midwest Nudists username
  • A 13-character Verification Code which is given to you on the form

Retention

Once you have satisfied the verification requirements, you will be granted the ability to upload files / multimedia. While you can now upload media, keep in mind that you are only allowed to upload media containing yourself; if other people are present, there are special rules surrounding that which may require you get written and documented consent. Please see the Terms and Conditions for more information (Section 11).

The photo you used to verify will be kept on record until your ID expires. You can request for us to delete it via a Support Ticket, but this means you will no longer be verified. It is important that when submitting your verification photo, that you change the "Visible to" option in Privacy Settings to "Myself only". Otherwise, other members will see your verification photo.

Your verification photo entry will automatically expire when your government-issued ID expires. At that point, the restrictions listed above will go into effect again until you re-verify with your updated government issued ID.

Help! I do not see the nag message!

If you do not see a message inviting you to get verified, then you are probably already verified. If you still cannot upload attachments / files / images, and you are not in probation (you will know if you received a Terms of Service violation message), then please let us know by opening a Support Ticket. It's probably a bug in that case.