AVPA Members must comply with applicable published international or local age verification standards (where these have been endorsed by the AVPA).
In the UK, PAS 1296:2018 is the BSI standard already recommended by the Home Office to online suppliers of age restricted products, and AVPA members apply this standard to their age checks. In 2024, IEEE 2089.1 was approved and certificaton is already available against that. ISO 27566-1 will be approved in 2025.
In addition, AVPA Members must enforce the highest levels of data security to protect your privacy, applying rigorous, best practice standards such as BSI 27001 to their age verification systems.
We do not yet require certification against international standards to become a Full Member of the Association, but do maintain dialogue with members to ensure they remain in compliance with our code of conduct.