Age assurance
Articles
Nov 05, 2021
Our age assurance solutions are approved by German regulators KJM and FSM to protect young people online
We’re excited to announce that The Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) has approved our facial age estimation tool (formerly known as Yoti Age Scan) to be used in the German market to protect young people online. You can read the KJM press release here. This follows our approval from the German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media service providers (FSM) in 2020, which allowed German people to use digital age estimation and age verification technology for the first time ever to access digital adult content. You can read the FSM seal text here.
Press releases
Oct 26, 2021
Yoti’s facial age estimation technology provides accurate real-time age assurance for under 13s
The privacy-preserving technology launched to help social networks and other businesses protect children from harms Adults and children simply look into a camera to pass an age check using their face – there’s no need for an ID document and no personal data is held or shared LONDON – 26/10/2021 – Global digital identity network Yoti has today announced that its Facial Age Estimation technology has been extended to children under 13. This opens new opportunities for social networks, gaming brands and other businesses to protect children online and comply with regulations from online safety regulators – such as the
Articles
Oct 14, 2021
In response to the ICO’s opinion on Age Assurance for the Children’s Code
The Age Appropriate Design Code is a statutory data protection code of practice from the ICO that applies to providers of Information Society Services that are likely to be accessed by children, such as apps, online games, and web and social media sites. The ICO released an Opinion that looks at how age assurance can form part of an appropriate and proportionate approach to reducing or eliminating risks and conforming to the code. This included opinions on age verification and age estimation technologies. We believe that some of the generalisations made about age estimation do not
Articles
Oct 06, 2021
Online age verification: a new era
For years, businesses delivering age-restricted services online have gotten away with hiding behind a tick box. But it seems that governments are waking up to the dangers caused by exposing minors to age-restricted content. New legislation is starting to enforce more stringent online age verification for social media , dating, gaming and adult content sites. But what does this mean for the operators of those sites? How do they verify a user’s age without adding friction to their carefully crafted user experience? In a world where 40% of users are said to abandon a website if it
Articles
Sep 22, 2021
Introducing the Post Office PASS card: the affordable way to prove your age
People need cheaper, safer ways to prove who they are. Shockingly, 93 per cent of 16-34-year-olds take their important ID documents out with them every day, with only a minority keeping them safe and sound at home. It’s not convenient or safe to carry your passport or driving licence every day just to prove your age, so why do they do it? Well, it’s because they often need to prove their age to do everyday tasks, like buying an energy drink or going to the cinema. With that comes a greater risk of damaged, lost or
Articles
Mar 18, 2021
Developing age estimation technology to tackle grooming online
Last month, Yoti Guardian Gavin Starks chaired our third stakeholder roundtable on the next proposed stage of the development of our age estimation technology. We brought together fifty five guests from seven countries, including representatives from 5rights, Apps for Good, Be In Touch South Africa, Breck Foundation, Caribou Digital, CyberSafeIreland, Digital Policy Alliance, FSM Germany – Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter, GoBubble, IEEE, Interactive Software Federation of Europe, International Committee of the Red Cross, Internet Commission, Internet Watch Foundation, Irish Data Protection Commission, Keele University, KJM German Federal Agency for the Protection of Minors, London School of Economics,