Worldcoin adds privacy protection and age restriction, criticized in LATAM
Worldcoin has announced the addition of data privacy protection features, apparently in response to allegations that minors’ biometrics had been…
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.
Age assurance standards progress towards consensus, away from ‘biometrics’
Age assurance processes like facial age estimation do not require the isolation and processing of personal identifiers, unlike biometric identification….
Netherlands gets its first biometric age checks for cigarette buyers
Cigarette smokers in the Netherlands will now have the option to buy tobacco products with age verification technology. Around a…
Data protection agencies roll out strategies for safeguarding children’s data
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released a new strategy for its Children’s code, aimed at protecting the data…
AVPA calls UK government to legalize digital age assurance
An age verification trade organization is urging the UK government to swiftly adopt regulations allowing stores to use age assurance…
Florida law brings age verification for adult sites, bans social media for users under 14
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed House Bill 3 (HB 3) to enact a law requiring social media platforms to…
Belgium, US adapt to stricter online gambling rules
Belgium is making changes in the gambling industry, including a hike in the legal age for all forms of gambling…
FTC passes on biometric age estimation approval request from Yoti and partners
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has declined to approve biometric age estimation as a method of verifying parental consent under…
Wave of age verification laws sweeps the US, bringing opportunity for biometrics
The United States continues to see a legislative push to make XXX adult content sites exclusive to adults through the…
Age verification could mitigate retailer fines from UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will introduce penalties for underaged tobacco and vape sales in England and Wales. Among other…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection