Millions of Age Checks as UK Online Safety Act Gets Rolling

Millions of age checks as UK Online Safety Act gets rolling

: But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary'

"A privacy tradeoff" – privacy experts slam new UK age verification checks

Brits now need to prove they're over 18 to access adult-only or harmful content online, and a potential privacy and security nightmare may be only one of the downsides.

2 of 20,586 Misusing the Children: The UK Online Safety Act, Privacy and Censorship

The United Kingdom can always be relied upon to supply us with the eccentric, the admirably dotty, and the odd extreme bit of adventure in policy. Lately, those mad protectors and censors with their shields of false virtue and hollow intellect have decided to launch an assault on the users of the Internet. In this, they are joining the platoons of hysteria from such countries as Australia, where age verification restrictions on platforms are all…

Spotify threatening to DELETE accounts that fail strict new UK age checks, make sure your app isn't impacted

Spotify is tightening rules on its music streaming service to comply with a new UK age verification law — and if you don’t act fast, your account could be gone forever. To keep streaming your favourite tracks and podcasts, users in the UK must now confirm their age or risk being booted off. According to Spotify's support page, users who submit details to confirm their age and are found to be under 18, the account "will be deactivated and eventua…

Spotify threatens to ban users who don't pass new ID checks

Following the introduction of the Online Safety Act, users in the UK are now required to provide proof of their age via facial recognition or photo ID to access certain contentContinue reading...