What is age verification?
In this section, you will find case studies about the latest legislation and how regulators are applying it to create a safer experience online for children around the globe.
The AVPA can also provide advice, evidence and witnesses for enquiries and reports considering the questions and challenges of a connected world.
Information for policy-makers and regulators
Age verification is a critical foundation to the regulation of the internet. You can’t protect the rights of the child online if the websites and applications you regulate have no knowledge of the age of their users.
We aim to provide information helpful to regulators with responsibilities for preventing online harms to children and young people.
Simply by recommending or requiring that age checks are conducted by a member of the Age Verification Providers Association, you will already be implementing leading global technical, ethical and privacy standards.
ISO 27566 / IEEE 2089.1 – THE AGE VERIFICATION STANDARDS
ISO 27566 “establishes a framework for age assurance systems and describes their core characteristics,
including privacy and security, for enabling age-related eligibility decisions. “
IEEE 2089.1 is a “Framework for the design, specification, evaluation, and deployment of online age verification systems are established in this standard. “
Setting the global standard for rigorous online age verification
Fairness and transparency
Use of appropriate verification methods
Security and privacy
Accuracy
Independence