by AVPA | Nov 29, 2022 | News Release
We spoke to BBC Radio 4 World at One about the latest changes to the Online Safety Bill. We explained how age verification and age estimation can be used to apply age checks in proportion to the level of risk. And we warned how disappointed parents will be if they...
by AVPA | Sep 2, 2022 | News Release
PRESS RELEASE Age Verification providers warn ICO to learn lessons from their French and German counterparts when trying to regulate the porn industry London, 2 September – The trade body representing leading suppliers of technology to anonymously verify the age of...
by AVPA | Jun 21, 2022 | News Release
We were pleased to see amendments debated by the Public Bill Committee designed to allow Ofcom to go to court and apply for blocking orders against multiple websites at the same time. As currently drafted, the legislation suggests Ofcom would need to make a separate...
by AVPA | May 27, 2022 | News Release
London, UK. May 27 2022 – The Proof of Age Standards Scheme, working in partnership with the age verification industry, has issued a call for a proposal for new technology to allow people to prove their age using just their smartphone. The PASS Scheme currently...
by AVPA | Apr 20, 2022 | News Release
A YouGov survey for the Open Rights Group reports today that 78% of UK adults would not be willing to upload ID in order to access adult websites including pornography. The principal reasons given by those holding this view are that 64% of them ‘don’t...
by AVPA | Mar 17, 2022 | News Release
PRESS RELEASE The Age Verification Providers Association welcomes ground-breaking legislation to make the internet a safer place for children. Leading UK SafetyTech companies welcomed today’s publication of a revised draft of the Online Safety Bill, which now begins...
