The ICO issued a joint statement on ‘age assurance’ aka privacy invading digital ID. Their odd position is now people must go through privacy invading procedures to ‘protect their data’ and to be sure users are > 13 years old. This likely why Apple are saying U.K. law requires age assurance stuff. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/03/joint-statement-from-ico-and-ofcom-on-age-assurance/ #AgeGate #apple #ICO #UK
Joint statement from ICO and Ofcom on age assurance

We have published a joint statement with Ofcom about the main areas of interaction between online safety and data protection as they relate to age assurance.

#Ocado's online experience for new customers is awful. I got a voucher offering 30% off a first order which should be £25 and applying the voucher only gave £5 discount.

So I'm sitting waiting for a chat op to delete my account as this is not an option in the account settings - which I believe is required by UK law.

The sham that is the #ICO are of course not enforcing consumer rights like this.

How can the answer to protecting privacy be age verification?

The ICO (UK) seems to think so. Their fine against Reddit for relying on self-declaration is met with a call for intrusive biometric scans or ID uploads.

All this when privacy dangers are emerging within the industry.

Read our new blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/break-privacy-to-make-privacy-age-verification-isnt-the-answer/

#ico #reddit #dataprotection #digitalid #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Break privacy to make privacy? Age verification isn’t the answer

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently published an open letter to online platforms providers, calling them “to strengthen age assurance measures to ensure young children are not accessing services that are not designed for them”.

Open Rights Group

Social media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teens

After UK lawmakers voted out a blanket social media ban for under-16s as governments across Europe weigh regulations, Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office have called on social media firms to better protect children online

#UK #Ofcom #ICO #socialmedia #ageverification #technology #tech

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/social-media-uk-children-protection.html

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"We need strong regulation of the age verification industry so that Internet users' privacy and security is better protected. Until we have that, the ICO should stop pushing digital identification.”

🗣️ James Baker for ORG.

Read more about our open letter ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-calls-for-age-assurance-industry-to-be-regulated/

#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG calls for age assurance industry to be regulated

Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and security risks for people in the UK as online platforms start to ask users to verify their age, as required by the Online Safety Act.

Open Rights Group

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

The UK Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom are pushing for tech companies to strengthen age checks.

It's disastrous that the ICO wants to somehow 'protect children’s data' by compelling 13-18 year olds to use poorly regulated digital identification products that could put their biometric data at risk.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-media-ico-protect-children-b2936462.html

#ageverification #privacy #digitalid #ofcom #ico #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online

The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’

The Independent

Regulator contacts Meta over workers watching intimate AI glasses videos

Videos of Meta smart glass wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based Meta subcontractor, according to an investigation by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Goteborgs-Posten (GP).

#ICO #meta #rayban #smartglasses #wearables #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q33nvj0qpo

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report

Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.