Making the Internet “age-aware”
The AVPA is the global trade body for independent providers of privacy-protecting, standards-based,
age assurance technology.
Our objectives
Inform and educate the public, industry and media on age verification and age estimation solutions and technology.
Promote a positive image of privacy-preserving age assurance and the independent sector which delivers it.
Represent the industry to regulators and law makers for the advancement of best practice.
The tipping point
The Age Verification Providers Association is a not-for-profit global trade body representing 26 organisations who provide age assurance solutions (both age verification and age estimation), proportionate to the risk of harm.
We have reached a tipping point where all but the most innocuous of websites need to know the age – not the identity – of their users to remain compliant with a tsunami of new legislation, including:
- Europe’s GDPR, Digital Services Act and Video Sharing Platform laws
- Age Appropriate Design Codes in the UK, California and, coming soon, the EU
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the USA
- Australia and the UK’s Online Safety Acts
- India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act
The AVPA was formed in 2018 and is growing rapidly as the age and identity provider industry takes off.
For information on our membership categories and how to join get more information below
Our Members
Virtual Private Networks
We often hear the argument that age verification is pointless because "Kids will just use VPNs". That's not a valid argument, given how the relevant laws are drafted, and indeed, may lead adult sites into a false sense of security if they think the use of a VPN...
AVPA gives evidence to Utah Senate Business and Labor Committee
On Wednesday 14th February, we were invited to addres the Utah Senate Business and Labor Committee which is considering a revision to the State's existing laws designed to protect minors from the harms presented by the use of social media. It was the longest hearing...
AVPA responses to Ireland’s Coimisiún na Meán
We responded to a consultation on the new Online Safety Code proposed by the Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland new online regulator. We shared our views that: The Coimisiún should be careful it does not imply that smaller sites are exempt from taking action to protect...