New Zealand takes stock of online age verification options
Age assurance is on New Zealand’s agenda as the country advances its digital identity system and the Trust Framework that…
Age Assurance
Biometric age assurance is any method of confirming a claim about the age of an individual by measuring their physical characteristics or actions. It includes age verification, which compares face biometrics from a reference image on an identity document to a facial photo or selfie, and age estimation, which analyzes the facial features in a photo to estimate a person’s age, typically within a given range. It also includes other methods that utilize voice or gesture.
Luciditi’s age verification SDK enables compliance for in-person UK alcohol sales
The UK is modernizing its Mandatory Licensing Conditions (MLC) with British pubs, shops and clubs able to accept mobile digital…
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner says TikTok collects kids data without reason
It’s becoming increasingly clear that social media is at a tipping point. Having captured a huge percentage of the internet…
Arizona age check law gives parents right to sue noncompliant sites $10K per day
As of this coming Friday, age assurance for access to porn sites is required by law in Arizona. The state’s…
Maryland MLB stadium leads off with mDL age verification for alcohol sales
Major League Baseball fans attending games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards can now use their Maryland mobile driver’s licenses…
Instagram’s AI age inference system goes live in Canada, UK, Australia
Instagram is rolling out its automated Teen Accounts setting for users in Canada, the UK and Australia. The safety measure,…
Gaming starts to feel the sting of age verification legislation
Is a skin flick still a skin flick if the skin is made of pixels? The question twists not only…
IDV firm spins out facial age estimation startup making bold accuracy claims
A new entrant to the growing age assurance field is making some bold claims about the accuracy of its technology…
ConnectID, k-ID to offer automated age controls based on adult verification
The bulk of the attention on age verification has concerned pornography and social media, both deemed by Australian lawmakers to…
New York’s proposed age assurance rules ‘clearest and smartest’ to emerge
A new proposal in New York State that aims to lay out age assurance rules for social media is getting…
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