This letter was in response to a request from the Expert Panel for PASS to explore the creation of standards for the physical presentation of digital proof of age.
This Expert Panel response advises on several aspects of the Trust Framework alpha, including Fraud & Security, Privacy, Interoperability, and the concept of a digital identity.
The Response considers the Sale & Supply of Corrosive Substances, the Sale & Delivery of Knives, and Enforcement. It welcomes the list of items in the draft guidance, but advises that, as is, they don’t add clarity, and in places are not consistent with existing case law or established guidance.
This Response from the Expert Panel addresses OFCOM’s Consultation on guidance for VSP providers on measures to protect users from harmful material, and focuses on age assurance and age verification, the practicalities relating to implementation of robust age verification systems, and parental control systems.
This letter focuses on the purpose at OPSS to make regulation work by protecting people and enabling businesses to understand their obligations, and advocates for the Expert Panel in playing a fundamental role in this.
This letter to the CEO of the Office for Product Safety and Standards explores the considerable interest in age restrictions policy across government and industry, and the Panel’s high level of collaboration across a broad range of delegates, including members from law enforcement, trade associations and retailers.
This response from the Expert Panel on the minimum age for playing National Lottery games focuses on the transitional costs and arrangements if Ministers decide to proceed with the proposal to raise the minimum age from 16 to 18. This response is from 2019.
Our response to ICO Age Assurance call for evidence. The ICO asked for a response to a number of questions they had around Age Assurance technology.
Our response to Ofcom’s draft guidance on measures to protect users from harmful material includes a call for clarity on the requirements for material that may be deemed unsuitable for classification but still has concerning content, and the view of parental controls as an additional layer of protection but not able to be relied upon as a wholly effective protective measure.
Our response to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s consultation, which draws attention to the consultation’s compatibility with the UK ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code and the fact ACCS has been working with ICO to establish the Age Appropriate Design Certification Scheme.
This response focuses exclusively on age limits and verification, honing in on the question of the effectiveness of current measures to prevent illegal underage gambling in land-based venues and online, and whether there is evidence of best practice, in how to prevent illegal underage gambling.
A letter to DCMS’ Secretary of State on their response to the Government’s Consultation on Online Harms. The letter recommends that in the drafting process for the new Online Harms legislation, that provisions are included to empower Ofcom to approve Certification Schemes.
