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UK online platforms expected to boost age-assurance as regulator's research shows children bypass restrictions

By Patricia Figueiredo ( October 29, 2024, 16:56 GMT | Insight) -- New research commissioned by the UK’s data privacy regulator found most children bypass platforms’ age restrictions, often with help from parents. The new evidence aligns with the online safety regulator’s intention to require platforms to use effective age-assurance tools in its first set of codes, to be published in December. Three companies received information notices after the privacy watchdog reviewed platforms’ compliance with its children’s code strategy, which explains how the UK General Data Protection Regulation applies in the context of children.Online platforms in the UK are expected to boost their use of age-assurance tools as new research by the national data privacy regulator found that most children provide incorrect ages to bypass restrictions....

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