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The Age Verification Providers Association welcomes ICO telling social media that days of tick-box compliance with data protection for children are over.
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release The Age Verification Providers Association welcomes ICO telling social media that days of tick-box compliance with data protection for children are over. Commenting on the publication today of the “Information Commissioner’s...
Explaining Age Verification on BBC Radio Leicester
We were invited by Ady Dayman to explain the latest developments in Age Verification on BBC Radio Leicester - if you'd like to listen to a simple 7 minute ntroduction to the topic, listen here.
Mastercard Specialty Merchant Requirements drive Age Verification
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...
The future of standards in age verification
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 moving so fast, there...
UK government faces further legal action on age checks for online pornography
A second judicial review has been brought against the UK government for its decision to "fetter" the will of Parliament by refusing to implement Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017. The first case resulted in the government commiting to return to Parliament ask for...