BSI PAS 1296:2018 was the first international standard for online age checking. In 2024, the IEEE 2089.1 was published and this is the current standard, including standardised levels of age assurance to facilitate global alignment of regulatory requirements and...
euCONSENT was a European Commission funded project to create an interoperable network of AV providers. It began a pilot of its technology in February 2022 with over 1,600 participants across 5 countries which successfully proved the concept of interoperability,...
More and more of us are becoming aware of the risks of ‘phishing’ – fake emails or websites that seek to extract personal data, particularly passwords and other secrets we use to secure our online activities. This is, sadly, not a problem unique to...
The fundamental policy aim is to prevent children stumbling accidentally across pornography when they are online. So to some extent, if more technically-aware children are determined to circumvent the protections being put in place, that does not mean the policy has...
There is a critically important difference between facial age estimation and facial recognition. For facial age estimation, there is no need – or indeed any legal basis – to retain a copy of the image that is analysed to estimate your age – indeed...
