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. This means that facial age estimation does not necessarily involve “special category data” under GDPR, panelists argued during a presentation at the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit.

The Summit is being held in Manchester, England, and brings together regulators, policy-makers, age verification and estimation providers, businesses offering age-restricted goods and services, and advocates for privacy, child protection and …

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