by AVPA | Sep 13, 2021 | Thought Leadership
In a sign of the relative power of a multinational company can be far greater than almost any national government, Mastercard’s new policy on requirements for Non-face-to-face Adult Content and Services which comes into force on October 15 2021, will have a...
by AVPA | Aug 17, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Until now, the age verification sector has only had one standard, BSI PAS 1296:2018 – “Online age checking. Provision and use of online age check services. Code of Practice” This was a firm foundation for a nascent industry but with technology...
by AVPA | Jul 21, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The government has published a consultation on its plans for the creation of a digital identity and attributes trust framework. This is a project that replaces the government Verify scheme which had the ambition to provide every UK citizen with a single login to...
by AVPA | Jun 17, 2021 | Thought Leadership
AVPA Co-Chair, Alastair Graham, CEO and Founder of AgeChecked, reviews the latest piece of legislation being presented to the UK Parliament… Last month, the UK published its long awaited Online Safety Bill. The Bill creates a new duty of care on websites and...
by AVPA | Jun 3, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The phrase “lies, damn lies and statistics” was, we learn from Wikipedia, most likely derived from the legal profession. According to an article in the journal, Nature, written in November 1885: “A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped...
by AVPA | May 14, 2021 | Thought Leadership
On 12 May 2021, HM Government published Command Paper 405, a draft of the Online Safety Bill to allow a joint committee of members from both Houses of Parliament to undertake pre-legislative scrutiny. This committee is expected to complete its work by the summer...
