Legal

X to Change Verification System After 120 million EU Penalty

2026-03-15 Ian Fleming

South Korea Faces Pushback on Mandatory Biometrics for Mobile Subscribers

2026-03-13 Per Henrikson

US federal agencies have been ordered to adopt quantum-resistant encryption by January 2027

2026-03-11 Per Henrikson

FTC Makes It Easier for Online Services to Use Age Verification Technologies, Nerissa Coyle McGinn

2026-03-11 Ian Fleming

According to the policy statement, the FTC will not bring Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) enforcement actions against general audience or mixed audience sites that collect, use or disclose personal information for the sole purpose of determining a user's age via age verification technologies.

Age-Verification Tools Raise Mass Surveillance Concerns

2026-03-09 Ian Fleming

Privacy advocates warn the systems create permanent databases of browsing habits, biometric data, and government IDs that could be breached or misused.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is studying various age verification methods

2026-03-07 Ian Fleming

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is studying various age verification methods before the enforcement of the minimum age limit of 16 for social media use, which is expected to take effect in the second quarter of this year.

New CA Law Requires Age Verification For All Computers – Windows, MacOS, And More

2026-03-07 Per Henrikson

Assembly Bill 1043, also known as the Digital Age Assurance Act. It was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025 and goes into effect on January 1, 2027.

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £14.5 million fine on Reddit Over Weak Age Checks

2026-03-07 Ian Fleming

According to the regulator, the company largely depended on users stating their own age during account creation, without additional safeguards in place where risks to children were present.

LATAM nations ramp up regulations for age-restricted content online

2026-03-05 Per Henrikson

Multiple countries in Latin America are adopting online safety regulations, making the region an area of focus for the next wave of global age assurance laws.

UK has issued a pre-release of the 1.0 publication of its digital verification services (DVS) trust framework

2026-03-03 Ian Fleming

DVS providers can finally display the UK CertifID trust mark, so that “wherever people or businesses see the trust mark displayed, they can be confident that the product or service can be trusted to be secure, meeting the rules set out in the trust framework and subject to oversight by OfDIA.”

Clarity for AML as UK approves digital ID

2026-03-02 Ian Fleming

UK government confirming that certified Digital Verification Services (DVS) can be used to meet statutory identity checks under anti-money laundering rules.

FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement on Age Verification

2026-02-28 Ian Fleming

Agency officials signaled concern that companies might hesitate to deploy age-verification technologies out of fear that collecting data to determine age could itself trigger COPPA liability. This policy statement directly addresses that tension.