{"id":1255,"date":"2021-07-30T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T08:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forhumanity.dev\/web\/blog\/2021\/07\/30\/age-verification\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T22:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T20:14:21","slug":"age-assurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/age-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Assurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1255\" class=\"elementor elementor-1255\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c2acfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c2acfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-0d1cf4d8-7fff-9f7e-26bc-3f9f32a81a29\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">ICO Opinion on Age Assurance (10\/2021)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-681567f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"681567f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-457b0c1\" data-id=\"457b0c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e875ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e875ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.2 - 22-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">On 14 October 2021, the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) issued a Code <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/about-the-ico\/documents\/4018659\/age-assurance-opinion-202110.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Opinion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> regarding Standard 3 on Age-Appropriate Application specifically relating to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> for in scope <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance Providers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (collectively referred to as \u201cOrganisations\u201d) of products, services and applications that covered <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> may use to comply with the Code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This Opinion aims to provide the Commissioner\u2019s current view relating to three (3) key challenges expressed by stakeholders arising from the operationalisation of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">the levels of risk arising from different types of data processing and the commensurate level of age certainty required to identify <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and mitigate the risks;<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">the level of certainty that various age assurance solutions provide, and confirmation of which providers or types of solutions comply with data protection requirements; and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">how to collect the additional personal data required for age assurance while complying with the data minimisation principle.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The ICO currently expects <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> to meet the Code\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age-Appropriate Application<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> standard\u2014including conformance to the seven (7) <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/principles\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">principles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of the UK GDPR\u2014and outlines an approach for the application of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> that is appropriate and proportionate to Organisational<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">context and use of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> personal data<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Clarity is provided on children\u2019s risk levels and risk criteria:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">HIGH RISK arises from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> processing activities of personal data beyond the delivery of its core services which are likely place the rights of freedoms of children at high risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">MEDIUM or LOW RISK arises from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">processing activities of personal data beyond the delivery of its core services which are likely place the rights of freedoms of children at medium or low risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Commissioner expects continued organisational maturity in the adoption and conformance of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age-Appropriate Application<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of the Code, including:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">evidence and record assessment risks and decisions taken, including on the age-appropriate application standard;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ensuring accountability for decisions taken;<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">enabling organisations to demonstrate their approach, even if it is evolving; and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">to create evidence the ICO can consider against a complaint or attention of the ICO.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">An advantage of utilising appropriately <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukas.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">UKAS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> certified <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance Providers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">determination<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">without having to collect additional personal data solely for this purpose. For example, the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accscheme.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Check Certification Scheme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (ACCS) provides an independent check against current industry standard, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accscheme.com\/services\/age-assurance\/pas-1296\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">PAS 1296:2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">There is little evidence of the effectiveness and accuracy of current <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> techniques and products, most of which generally use <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/key-dp-themes\/guidance-on-ai-and-data-protection\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (AI) algorithms to automate the interpretation of data. Often coupled with the use of biometric data, voice analysis, hand geometry, natural language processing (NLP), behavioural analysis and profiling, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> using Age Estimation are likely to be classified as HIGH RISK at this nascent stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Continued market stimulation for the development of innovative <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> methods and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> techniques underpinned by <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection by Design and Default (DPbDD)<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">principles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are planned\u2014as is approval of certification schemes to facilitate Code compliance.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Additional <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">guidance is provided to 1) facilitate Organisational determination of\u00a0 applicability (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/about-the-ico\/documents\/4018659\/age-assurance-opinion-202110.pdf#page=5&amp;zoom=100,92,217\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">), 2) inform organisations on current and emerging approaches (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/about-the-ico\/documents\/4018659\/age-assurance-opinion-202110.pdf#page=5&amp;zoom=100,92,217\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">), and 3) provide a summary of expected economic costs and benefits (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/about-the-ico\/documents\/4018659\/age-assurance-opinion-202110.pdf#page=5&amp;zoom=100,92,217\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Commissioner is scheduled to review the Code in September 2022 and will continue to engage with key stakeholders, including Ofcom, who has assumed the role of <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/online-safety\/information-for-industry\/vsp-regulation\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">regulator for video sharing platforms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (VSPs) and the future regulator of <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/online-safety\/information-for-industry\/roadmap-to-regulation\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">online safety<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Information about emerging <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> techniques and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">approaches that evidence the preservation of intended <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> user experience (UX), while facilitating optimal solutions and protections for children <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/about-the-ico\/media-centre\/blog-how-the-digital-design-community-can-help-shape-the-ico-s-work-on-the-children-s-code\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">are welcome and encouraged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Although this IAAIS Supplemental Guidance is limited to the Code, this Opinion relates more broadly to:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2018\/12\/contents\/enacted\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection Act 2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (DPA 2018);\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/data-protection-act-2018\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">UK General Data Protection Regulation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (UK GDPR); and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2003\/2426\/contents\/made\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (PECR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A final note\u2014<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bc617c8e-7fff-4832-b080-0fffbe6c1a4e\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">\u201cAction will be taken in the event that personal data is misused under the guise of or during processing for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance.\u201d (p. 9)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42d24a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42d24a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6d8fcd\" data-id=\"c6d8fcd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5c9ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c5c9ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1e659238-7fff-bb73-a359-9c9c76701beb\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Key Definitions<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-decdcf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"decdcf0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ee0e36\" data-id=\"1ee0e36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286a0dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"286a0dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AAA System<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is any artificial intelligence (AI), algorithmic, autonomous, or hybrid system thereof defined as the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Target of Evaluation (ToE) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">referenced in the contract between the ISS and the Board Certified Independent Auditor of AI Systems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Account Confirmation <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a process that relies on the account holder, typically a parent, carer or legal guardian, to confirm that a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is over or under 18, or the age of the user. The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> can then provide the user with an age-appropriate version of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">application.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is the period of time someone has been alive, or something has existed.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age-Appropriate Application<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a risk-based approach to recognising the age of individual users and ensure you effectively apply the standards in this code to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. Either establish age with a level of certainty that is appropriate to the risks to the rights and freedoms of children that arise from your data processing, or apply the standards in this code to all of your users instead.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> refers collectively to approaches used to provide <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> that children are unable to access adult, harmful or otherwise inappropriate content when using <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">; and estimate or establish the age of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> so that ISS can be tailored to their needs and protections appropriate to their <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. In some cases, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Guidance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Restrictions<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> may be lower than 18, however, Age Assurance can still be applied.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance Providers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are third-party providers of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> products, services and applications that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> may use to confirm with the CC<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a method of establishing age in a manner appropriate and proportionate to the risks that arise from your data processing. CC is not prescriptive about exactly what methods you should use, nor what level of certainty different methods provide<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation (AE) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a process that establishes a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is likely to be of a certain age, fall within an age range, is over or under a certain age. AE methods include automated analysis of behavioural and environmental data; comparing the way a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> interacts with a device or with other <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of the same age; metrics derived from motion analysis; or testing the user\u2019s capacity or knowledge.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Gating<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a technical measure used to restrict or block access of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> who do not meet its <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Guidance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">or legal<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Age Restrictions<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Guidance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/about-classification\/classification-guidelines\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">classification process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and system of audiovisual content advice to help children and families choose what\u2019s right for them and avoid what\u2019s not. Developed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), certain age guidance also includes <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Restrictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age-Verification (AV) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a process of determining a person\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> by checking against trusted, verifiable records of data, particularly when a high level of certainty is required<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a positive declaration or promise intended to give confidence. In this context, the word \u2018assurance\u2019 refers to the varying levels of certainty that different ISS offer in establishing an age or age range.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child or Young Person<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> means every human being below the age of eighteen (18) years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Code Harms Framework<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/2618906\/childrens-code-harm-framework-beta.xlsx\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> developed by the ICO to enable <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> reflection, consideration and future action of risks and harms that sit at the nexus of service design, children\u2019s data processing, and legal standards within scope of the CC.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are children who use the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Connected Toys and Devices <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">are physical products that are connected by Internet protocol(s) or network connectivity<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and often considered part of the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/iotagenda\/definition\/Internet-of-Things-IoT\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Internet of Things (IoT)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. If you provide a connected toy or device ensure you include effective tools to enable conformance to this code.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection by Design and Default (DPbDD)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">legal requirement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> under UK GDPR that underscores the fundamental data protection principles of <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/principles\/data-minimisation\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">data minimization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/principles\/purpose-limitation\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">purpose limitation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. Data protection by <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd3\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">design<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> considers privacy and data protection issues at the design phase of any system, service, product or process and then throughout the lifecycle. Data protection by <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">default<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> limits the processing of data to that which is necessary to achieve the specific purpose of the ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. DPbDD <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd8\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">incorporates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> the seven (7) foundational principles expressed in PrivacybyDesign (PbD).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is a defined process to help you identify and minimise the data protection risks of your service \u2013 and in particular the specific risks to children who are likely to access your service which arise from your processing of their personal data.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a guess or calculation about the cost, size, value or extent of something.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Hard Identifiers <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">in this context are ways in which you can confirm age using solutions which link back to formal identify documents or \u2018hard identifiers\u2019 such as a passport<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Identification (ID)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> in this context is the process of establishing the identity of a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and likely to include some form of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AV<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Independent Audit of AI Systems (IAAIS)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a process whereby an outside third party, e.g.\u00a0 Licensed ForHumanity Certified Auditor (FHCA), is charged with review of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AAA System <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">deployed by the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> to validate compliance against the subject certification scheme, e.g. Children\u2019s Code. The Independent Auditor\u2019s charge is one of public interest, whereby the IAAIS in conducted in an objective, robust, binary and uninfluenced manner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Information Society Services (ISS) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">means any \u2018service\u2019, that is to say, any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual request of a recipient of services.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Self-Declaration <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">occurs when a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service User<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> indicates their age without credible evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service Users <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">are people who receive services provided in the carrying on of a regulated activity. Please note: The regulations refer to &#8216;service users&#8217; and where we quote the regulation directly we use this phrase. Elsewhere in the guidance we have used the terms &#8216;people who use services&#8217; or &#8216;people&#8217;.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Target of Evaluation (ToE)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is the processing operation that is defined to be certified.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bbea7148-7fff-fb97-a3e1-474ff52dde22\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: baseline\">Verification<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"> is the act of verifying something (proving or checking that it exists or is true or correct).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-137f10e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"137f10e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1596fe9\" data-id=\"1596fe9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd2de9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dd2de9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-590963c1-7fff-14be-fde4-85e95c8681d8\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Age Assurance Background<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db76966 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db76966\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d7c79e\" data-id=\"8d7c79e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4f8e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4f8e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The AADC is a statutory data protection code of practice and applies to providers of <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#bookmark=id.epct56qt2xe2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Information Society Services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (ISS)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> likely to be accessed by children. This code is designed to protect and promote the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/1-best-interests-of-the-child\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">best interests of the child<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, a concept from <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/the-united-nations-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u201cIn all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> include, but are not limited to mobile apps, online games, social media platforms, educational websites, search engines, online messaging or Internet based voice telephony services, online marketplaces, content streaming services (e.g. video, music or gaming services), and other websites or tools related thereto<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The code contains <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/code-standards\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">fifteen (15) flexible<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\"> standards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of age-appropriate design to ensure <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are designed with the protection of children in mind. In the application of the code, a risk-based approach is utilised to protect children as they learn, explore and play as <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service Users <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">of<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">to reduce or eliminate harm children may encounter during their digital user experience (UX).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd5\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">accountability and governance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> obligations of ISS under the GDPR make <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection by Design and Default (DPbDD)<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">a legal requirement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. The seven (7) foundational principles of PrivacybyDesign (PbD) underpin any approach the ISS may take and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd8\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">include<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Proactive not reactive; preventative not remedial\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Privacy as the default setting\u2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Privacy embedded into design\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Full functionality \u2013 positive sum, not zero sum\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018End-to-end security \u2013 full lifecycle protection\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Visibility and transparency \u2013 keep it open\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Respect for user privacy \u2013 keep it user-centric\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd9\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">One suggestion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> for operationalizing <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">DPbDD<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> involves developing guidelines for pragmatic implementation framed by a <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/data-protection-impact-assessments-dpias\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (AADC Standard 2). This frame can also be used to <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">develop policies and procedures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> across your organisation in order to <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/accountability-framework\/policies-and-procedures\/#dp\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">meet the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">DPbDD<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\"> expectations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of the ICO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Standard 3: Age Appropriate Application<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> requires <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">to deploy code appropriate to the age and developmental stages of children likely to access its services, including disabled children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To this end, in the next section we offer an AADC Age Assurance Framework to assist <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> in the operationalization of this frame so as to achieve the best interests of the child while complying with the AADC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-left: 36pt;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Reminder!<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Children have the same rights as adults under UK GDPR. Even if a child is too young to understand the implications of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> impact to their rights and freedoms, they are nevertheless entitled to their rights and freedoms.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">For your convenience, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> key concepts and their relationship to one another are summarised in Figure 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 1: Four Components of Age Assurance\u2014Age Confirmation, Age Verification, Age Certainty, and Age Estimation.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 511px;height: 345px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Exx9rXnOqrfKy0VHZR_d01Kac5XSc75mCTXq9m57HmhSIBiPN7FjapG7PLbo0eZMcbwd0vIQLvD4SmLb5fEuszwv5-_hXoM1s3daFANNdtSLUpTQokksnfecKzrYjpOH74VKVY3QaMsCJshFbn8seHM1i7HFsVOlVE6piJFGvoiSnzlE_Yorx67eow\" width=\"511\" height=\"345\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22d6365 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22d6365\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e756dd4\" data-id=\"e756dd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20305dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20305dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-7f1325e5-7fff-8fad-01df-577bbce7cc65\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Age Assurance Framework<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fe2e4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fe2e4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16b8e67\" data-id=\"16b8e67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a07b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17a07b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The AADC Age Assurance Framework (Framework) is designed to be flexible, scalable and to fit with existing <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">approaches and processes to managing risks. It contains the key elements of the AADC, as of the date of this publication.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The scope of the Framework is limited to Age Assurance governance and accountability per the AADC.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> This framework assumes that Standard 1: Best Interests of the Child<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> has already been performed with an outcome of a positive determination. An outcome of a negative determination is not supported by this documentation.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Standard 3: Age Appropriate Application requires that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">consider the age and developmental stage(s) of its <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, including consideration for the disabled, consent, risk and an appropriate level of age certainty.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This Framework operationalizes the DPIA (Standard 2) to provide <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> with a process of pragmatic implementation of AADC Age Assurance per the key priority areas in a five-step process, specifically:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step One: Assessing ToE Risk Level<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Two: Level of Age Certainty Required Based on ToE Risk Level<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Three: Age Assurance Solutions by Level of Age Certainty<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Four: Best Practices for Deployment of Age Assurance Solutions<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Five: Independent Verification of Compliance<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To ensure that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> likely to be accessed by children for a given <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> addresses the developmental needs of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">credible evidence must be documented that 1) children are unable to access adult, harmful or otherwise inappropriate content and that, 2) an age-appropriate <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> application has been applied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Methods for Age Assurance<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">has two options for implementing age assurance:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Apply age assurance based on level of certainty proportionate to the risks in each age range and developmental stage; or<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Apply the standards of the code to all users of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">uniformly, thereby meeting age assurance requirements by applying the highest standard of AADC required for all users. (Please note this may not be a panacea and may require the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> to perform certain age-assurance requirements for compliance under AADC.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">application<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">overview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> provides further explanation and details to this method.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The levels of age assurance are:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Verification (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Age Determination<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Account Confirmation<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Self-Declaration<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Methodology for Framework Adaptation<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/governance-and-accountability\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">ICO recommends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> building an <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance Accountability Programme<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> with standards and controls that have been vetted and widely accepted in industry. In addition, it is the recommendation of the ICO that an independent verification<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> of compliance be completed to ensure the best interests of the child.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This framework is adapted utilising the following guidance, accepted standards and controls:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ICO Opinion on Age Assurance for the Children\u2019s Code (10\/2021);\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA); and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS), <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accscheme.com\/services\/age-assurance\/pas-1296\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">PAS 1296:2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Code of Practice for Online Age Verification Service Providers Developed by British Standards Institutions (BSI) and the Digital Policy Alliance.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Performing an AADC DPIA\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The UK GDPR outlines seven key processes for the completion of an Age-Appropriate DPIA (Standard 2).<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> Ideally, a DPIA should begin early in the system development process, in particular, prior to data processing activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The DPIA should not be a one-and-done, rather, it is recommended that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> return to the DPIA process on a periodic schedule, or prior to any change in purpose, features, data processing activities, or other modifications likely to present a risk to children not yet examined by in the DPIA process.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A generic AADC DPIA template is included in <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.gmoyh9u940fh\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix A<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. Specific use case DPIA templates are available for online retail (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.dasarrge03wt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix C<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">), mobile gaming apps (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.v0eqdw6k02bm\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix D<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">), and connected toys (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.zavekho85poa\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix E<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">). Certain processing activities may signal high-risk system potential, triggering the DPIA requirement, see <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.3fugc918a7ju\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> for examples and guidance.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> may need to perform separate DPIAs for each of the five age ranges and developmental stages as <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/3-age-appropriate-application\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">defined<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> by the AADC:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">0 &#8211; 5: pre-literate and early literacy<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">6 &#8211; 9: core primary school years<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">10-12: transition years<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">13-15: early teens<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">16-17: approaching adulthood<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;text-align: justify;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ALERTS<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Organisations should evidence and record assessment of risks and decisions taken, including actions of applying the age-appropriate application standard in their DPIAs.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This will ensure accountability for the decisions taken and enable organisations to demonstrate their approach, even if it is evolving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This may serve as evidence that the ICO can consider if a complaint is brought about an <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> or a related violation comes to the ICO\u2019s attention.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Determining Risk Level and Age Assurance Expectations<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">It should be noted that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">must first determine risk in relation to children\u2019s rights and freedoms, e.g. centering the child in context of their use of the ToE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The ICO Opinion clarifies that risk should then be considered based on processing activities of personal data beyond the delivery of core services which are likely to place the rights of freedoms of children at high risk. Figure 2 provides a high-level summary.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 2: Guidance on Risks to Children\u2019s Rights and Freedoms\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt\" align=\"left\"><table style=\"border: none;border-collapse: collapse\"><colgroup><col width=\"77\" \/><col width=\"151\" \/><col width=\"360\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr style=\"height: 15.250000000001819pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #202124;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffffff;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Risk Level<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Risk Criteria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance Expectations<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 140.2890624999991pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> activities which are likely to result in high risk to children\u2019s rights and freedoms.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Processing of personal data beyond core services are considered likely to place rights and freedoms of children at high risk.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">If any high risks cannot be mitigated, then they should consult with the ICO prior to commencing the ISS activities, in line with Article 36 of the UK GDPR.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Organisations should either:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Apply all relevant code standards to all users to ensure risk to children are mitigated; or<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Introduce age assurance measures that give the highest possible level of certainty on age of users.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This may take into account the products currently available in the market, and the potential risk to children.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 87.59375000000091pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Medium or Low<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> activities which are likely to result in medium or low risks to children\u2019s rights and freedoms.<\/span><\/p><br \/><br \/><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Organisations should either:<\/span><\/p><br \/><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Apply all relevant code standards to all users to ensure risk to children are low; or<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Introduce age assurance measures that give a level of certainty on the age of child users that is proportionate to the potential risks to children.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Reproduced from Information Commissioner\u2019s Opinion: Age Assurance for the Children\u2019s Code (10\/2021), <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/4018659\/age-assurance-opinion-202110.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">p. 7<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step One: Assessing ToE Risk Level<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">For each of the five age ranges and developmental stages of children listed in Figure 3, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> must examine the likelihood of harm, the severity of harm, and overall potential for risk, with particular scrutiny to impact of Children\u2019s rights and freedoms per outcome of DPIA(s).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/4020178\/childrens-code-self-assessment-risk-tool.xlsx\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Code Risk Assessment Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> provides a comprehensive guide for this examination, utilising the data protection risk statements contained in each of the fifteen (15) AADC standards, including the risk area, exemplar risk activities, and potential impact \/ harm to children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In addition, Figure 3 also serves as an overall risk matrix dashboard, providing <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> with a system-wide anticipated residual risk rating, a necessary prerequisite for Step Two: Level of Age Certainty Required Based on ToE Risk Level.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 3: AADC Age Assurance Framework, Step One: Assessing ToE Risk Level for Each Age Range and Developmental Stage<\/span><\/p><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt\" align=\"left\"><table style=\"border: none;border-collapse: collapse\"><colgroup><col width=\"98\" \/><col width=\"93\" \/><col width=\"77\" \/><col width=\"80\" \/><col width=\"83\" \/><col width=\"83\" \/><col width=\"84\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr style=\"height: 49.05000000000109pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #202124;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffffff;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Range &amp; Developmental Stage<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Type of potential harm(s), if any\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/children-s-code-self-assessment-risk-tool\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children&#8217;s Rights &amp; Freedoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Likelihood of harm? <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(low, medium or high)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Severity of harm?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(low, medium or high)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Mitigating Risk Factors <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(practical steps\u00a0 to reduce harm)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Inherent Risk Rating<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(low, medium or high)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Anticipated Residual Risk Rating <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffff00;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(after mitigation action(s))<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 39.99999999999909pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 0 \u2013 5<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">pre-literate and early literacy<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 36.49999999999818pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 6 \u2013 9<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">core primary school years<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 36pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 10-12<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">transition years<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 27pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 13-15<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">early teens<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 38.00000000000091pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 16-17<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">approaching adulthood<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden;border: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Adapted from IEEE <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/avpassociation.com\/standards-for-age-verification\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Levels of Age Assurance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the ICO Guide to Data Protection: ICO Codes of Practice, Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/annex-b-age-and-developmental-stages\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Age and developmental stages definitions, and the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/4020178\/childrens-code-self-assessment-risk-tool.xlsx\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Code Risk Assessment Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In addition, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">must also consider risk in the context of its governance, oversight and accountability capacity so as to ensure that it:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Meets the child\u2019s needs as they change over time;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Views the AADC as an innovation challenge in addition to just a legal obligation; and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Incorporates AADC as part of its ongoing lifecycle, including R&amp;D and new features.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-4676020e-7fff-3084-c6a4-113d138388ad\" style=\"font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Presently, there is not a one-size-fits-all rating system. However, the ICO provides additional guidance on <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/childrens-code-best-interests-assessment-guidance\/identifying-impacts-on-children-s-rights\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">identifying impact to children\u2019s rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and quantifying <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/childrens-code-best-interests-assessment-guidance\/assessing-likelihood-and-magnitude-of-impacts\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">magnitude of impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Two: Level of Age Certainty Required Based on ToE Risk Level<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Building upon the residual risk rating for each age and developmental stage, as determined in Step One, the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> should next identify the appropriate level of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> required for the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Categories of Age Assurance by Level of Certainty Required<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">When determining the level of certainty required as a function of the anticipated residual risk of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, consider assessing solutions in the dimensions of:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Accuracy<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Is the age determined by the verification process exact, or is it an estimation?\u00a0 If it is an estimate, how wide is the margin for error?<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Authenticity<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Does the proof of age belong to the person who is claiming it?<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Currency:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> How recently was the age verified? You may think \u2013 \u201cbut people don\u2019t get any younger\u201d \u2013 but outdated checks may have been conducted when technology was less accurate<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Reliability<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Different sources of evidence offer varying levels of reliability \u2013 a passport may be close to 100% reliable (if it has been authenticated) while a students union card may offer less confidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Based on this assessment, four (4) levels of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are produced for each of the three risk categories (low, medium, or high):<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Basic Age Certainty;<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Standard Age Certainty;<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Enhanced Age Certainty; and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Strict Age Certainty.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Each of these categories of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> are generally applied with a measure of frequency, for example, one-time or every-time (e.g. persistently) the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is accessed by the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service User.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Basic Age Certainty<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Frequency: One time.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Level of Age Certainty: Age Confirmation\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Standard Age Certainty<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Frequency: One time.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Level of Age Certainty: Simple Age Verification<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Enhanced Age Certainty<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Frequency: One time and persistent.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Level of Age Certainty: Hard Age Verification, Parental\/Carer\/Guardian Consent<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Strict Age Certainty<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Frequency: Persistent.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Level of Age Certainty: n\/a*<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">*This category is not a stand-alone, rather, is meant to be deployed to harden other services <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">An example of Strict Age Certainty enabling technology includes Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is a security enhancement that allows you to present two pieces of evidence \u2013 your credentials \u2013 when logging in to an account.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The level of age certainty employed can be one-time, persistent, or consistent. Consistency in this context means that the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> applies all relevant code standards to all users at all times to ensure risk to children remains low.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> can be used to categorise <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> into age range and developmental stage categories for further <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> determination, when required. When higher levels of anticipated residual risk is estimated, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> must be further mitigated by adjusting the services\u2019s accuracy in proportion to the mean average variance and mean absolute error.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 4 provides a general guide and examples of solutions for each level of age certainty required based on ToE risk level for each age range and developmental stage of children as set forth by the ICO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 4: AADC Age Assurance Framework, Step Two: Level of Age Certainty Required Based on ToE Risk Level<\/span><\/p><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt\" align=\"center\"><table style=\"border: none;border-collapse: collapse\"><colgroup><col width=\"100\" \/><col width=\"123\" \/><col width=\"125\" \/><col width=\"136\" \/><col width=\"123\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr style=\"height: 49.05000000000109pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #202124;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #ffffff;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Range &amp; Developmental Stage<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Low Risk<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Medium Risk<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High Risk\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Enhanced Risk Mitigation<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 39.99999999999909pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 0 \u2013 5<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">pre-literate and early literacy<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #005098;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Basic Age Certainty (One Time)<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Confirmation<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation, as a standalone, is currently not recommended by ICO and forbidden by EDPB.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #005098;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Standard Age Certainty (One Time)<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Simple Age Verification<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation, as a standalone, is currently not recommended by ICO and forbidden by EDPB.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #005098;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Enhanced Age Certainty\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #005098;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(One Time or Persistent)<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Hard Age Verification<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Parental\/Carer\/Guardian Consent<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation, as a standalone, is currently not recommended by ICO and forbidden by EDPB.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #005098;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Strict Age Certainty (Persistent)<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 36.49999999999818pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 6 \u2013 9<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">core primary school years<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 36pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 10-12<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">transition years<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 27pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #e9ebf5;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 13-15<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">early teens<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 38.00000000000091pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Ages 16-17<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">approaching adulthood<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 18.75pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" colspan=\"5\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fff2cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alternatively, apply all relevant code standards to all users at all times to ensure risk to children are low.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Adapted from IEEE <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/avpassociation.com\/standards-for-age-verification\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Levels of Age Assurance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the ICO Guide to Data Protection: ICO Codes of Practice, Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/annex-b-age-and-developmental-stages\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Age and developmental stages definitions, and the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/4020178\/childrens-code-self-assessment-risk-tool.xlsx\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Code Risk Assessment Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ALERTS<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">When determining Level of Certainty and data protection requirements based on the anticipated residual risk rating of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, it should be noted that in some context\u2019s certain vulnerable groups, including children, may be among the estimated one billion people worldwide<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> who don\u2019t own a legally-recognised form of identification.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Weighting the anticipated residual risk rating of the ISS against the estimated residual risk of digital divide may be considered. In the UK, more than 3.5 million people do not hold any form of photo ID, according to Electoral Commission estimates.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In the UK, the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Verification<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (AV) sector currently works to BSI PAS 1296:2018. The IEEE and ISO are both developing complimentary standards and controls for the AV industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Three: Age Assurance Solutions by Level of Age Certainty<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Once the appropriate level of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> has been determined for the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, a review and determination of solutions for this process must be conducted to identify those that are of best fit and conformity. Figure 5 provides a guiding matrix with exemplar solutions for each level of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Certainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">According to the ICO, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> through a third-party service provider is a sound practice only if the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> conducts proper due diligence, e.g. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">DPIA<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> risk assessment on the 3rd Party Service Provider. This due diligence must be conducted prior to engagement to ensure the third-party solution is appropriate and compliant with AADC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) standard <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accscheme.com\/services\/age-assurance\/pas-1296\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">PAS 1296:2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a Code of Practice for Online Age Verification service providers, developed by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and the Digital Policy Alliance. This is the current prevailing standard against which products and services are assessed for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> fit and conformity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 5: AADC Age Assurance Framework, Step Three: Age Assurance Solutions by Level of Age Certainty<\/span><\/p><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt\" align=\"center\"><table style=\"border: none;border-collapse: collapse\"><colgroup><col width=\"163\" \/><col width=\"149\" \/><col width=\"146\" \/><col width=\"135\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr style=\"height: 16.25000000000091pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Basic Age Certainty (One Time)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Standard Age Certainty (One Time)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Enhanced Age Certainty\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(One Time or Persistent)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;vertical-align: bottom;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fcfbfa;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Strict Age Certainty (Persistent)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 39.99999999999909pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><br \/><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Confirmation<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Self-declaration (age-gating): User entered birthdate to access the ISS. .<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Technical design measures:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Passive algorithmic or artificial intelligence (AI) verification:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Other contraindications:<\/span><\/p><br \/><br \/><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><br \/><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Simple Age Verification<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Simple age verification: open question of user for their age.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Online age check systems:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Active age estimation:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><br \/><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Hard Age Verification<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Parental\/Carer\/Guardian Consent<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ID validation (hard identifiers): Use of government documentation, (e.g. drivers licence<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Tokenised age checking using third parties:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Liveness detection:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Presentation attack:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: middle;background-color: #cfd5ea;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" rowspan=\"5\"><br \/><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 18.75pt\"><td style=\"border-left: solid #ffffff 3pt;border-right: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-bottom: solid #ffffff 0.99609pt;border-top: solid #ffffff 3pt;vertical-align: top;background-color: #4472c4;padding: 4pt 7pt 4pt 7pt;overflow: hidden\" colspan=\"4\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: center;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #fff2cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alternatively, apply all relevant code standards to all users at all times to ensure risk to children are low.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Adapted from IEEE <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/avpassociation.com\/standards-for-age-verification\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Levels of Age Assurance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the ICO Guide to Data Protection: ICO Codes of Practice, Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/ico-codes-of-practice\/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services\/annex-b-age-and-developmental-stages\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Annex B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">: Age and developmental stages definitions, and the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/4020178\/childrens-code-self-assessment-risk-tool.xlsx\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s Code Risk Assessment Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Technical design measures:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Operationalizes the AADC technical guidelines to support implementation, including the adoption of controls by the ISS.\u00a0 (e.g. preventing the user from immediately attempting to re-register if they are denied access on first declaration; or\u00a0 closing the accounts of users discovered to be underage)<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Passive algorithmic or artificial intelligence (AI) verification:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The use of systems to aid in the verification process.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Other contraindications:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Active age estimation:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Online age check systems:<\/span><\/h3><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Tokenised age checking using third parties:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A third party issued token, or artefact, that verifies a user has been authenticated.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Liveness detection:<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Whereby the use of live video helps ensure the user in the session is real and their identity has not been manipulated.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Presentation attack:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">is the formal name given to anti-spoofing measures taken by <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accscheme.com\/sectors\/age-check-providers\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Check Providers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> to prevent systems being tricked into giving false results. (e.g. Pseudo Identities, Mannequins, Masks, False Identity Documents, False Instruments, Tamper Evident Instruments, Genuine Instruments that have been amended, Disfigured Instruments)<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><br \/><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">As stated previously, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Estimation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, as a standalone, is currently not recommended by ICO (and forbidden by EDPB.)<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;text-align: justify;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Limitations of PAS 1296:2018<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In a review of the PAS 1296:2018 standard and awarded Certificates of Conformity for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the authors note that as of the publishing date of this <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">KB<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, all of the awarded certificates for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">by ACCS are based on the accurate estimation of age of persons age 18 or older.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;text-align: justify;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ALERTS<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Third-party due diligence is a prerequisite to meet the standards set forth in the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Scheme<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> in order to pass the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">IAAIS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> on a stand-alone basis.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Of the seven (7) third-party ACCS certifications, none provided sufficient evidence to substantiate that the solution certified is capable of providing reliable <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> under the age of 18. See <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1akhQ9qMMP0CtKPjUny6GR_osYEGGQRlOAkFVnPmPrLQ\/edit#heading=h.9bt6runjdncl\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Appendix G<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> for more detailed information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Four: Best Practices for Deployment of Age Assurance Solutions<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Should <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> resolve to perform <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, this step provides guidance to aid compliance with AADC. The purpose of an <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">program is to balance the collection of additional personal data required for the service while complying with the Data Minimisation Principle of PbDD. The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> should utilise PbDD throughout the design lifecycle of its <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> service, including AADC recommendations for UNCRC.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Recommendations<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998;text-align: justify;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 11pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The ICO offers code recommendations to ensure ISS does not negatively impact children\u2019s rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as follows:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article2\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 2: Non-discrimination<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article12\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 12: Respect for the views of the child<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article16\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 16: Protection of privacy<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article31\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 31: Access to leisure, play and culture<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article33\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 33: Protection from drug abuse<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#article34\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Article 34: Protection from sexual exploitation<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/childrens-code-hub\/how-to-use-our-guidance-for-standard-one-best-interests-of-the-child\/children-s-code-best-interests-framework\/age-assurance-estimating-or-verifying-the-age-of-service-users\/#recommendations\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Children\u2019s code recommendations on age assurance<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The seven (7) foundational principles of PrivacybyDesign (PbD) underpin any approach the ISS may take and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/accountability-and-governance\/data-protection-by-design-and-default\/#dpd8\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">include<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Proactive not reactive; preventative not remedial\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Privacy as the default setting\u2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Privacy embedded into design\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Full functionality \u2013 positive sum, not zero sum\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018End-to-end security \u2013 full lifecycle protection\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Visibility and transparency \u2013 keep it open\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u2018Respect for user privacy \u2013 keep it user-centric\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> must also operationalize and conform to the ACCS 4:2020 Technical Requirements for Age Check Systems (which implement PAS 1296:2018) standard.<\/span><\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Step Five: Independent Verification of Compliance<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">After the operationalization of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">by the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, independent verification must be conducted to certify the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">as compliant with the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> under the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Scheme<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: baseline\">Independent Audit of AI Systems (IAAIS)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"> is a process whereby an outside third party, e.g.\u00a0 Licensed ForHumanity Certified Auditor (FHCA), is charged with review of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: baseline\">AAA System <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">deployed by the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000716;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"> to validate compliance against the subject certification scheme, e.g. UK Children\u2019s Code. The Independent Auditor\u2019s charge is one of public interest, whereby the IAAIS in conducted in a rigorous manner that is objective and uses binary criteria.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31e84aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31e84aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9b4ebf\" data-id=\"b9b4ebf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5dcacd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5dcacd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5a4aef8f-7fff-5bae-3660-a9748c5c8cb8\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Other Frameworks Worth Considering<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86c9ffb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86c9ffb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d9d72a\" data-id=\"6d9d72a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bed116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bed116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">EU AI Act<\/span><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> centres the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> (system-centric) in risk assessment, whereas the UK Children\u2019s Code centres the person, specifically the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Child Service Users <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">(user-centric) first and foremost as required by PbDD principles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The latter is not <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> dependent in it\u2019s initial assessment criteria and therefore can apply to nearly any emerging technology or iterative technology as risk is measured based on impact to Children\u2019s rights and freedoms. The former is concerned with risks as measured by <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> practices, techniques and approaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Nevertheless, the standard set forth in the EU AI Act provides additional insight and considerations when assessing the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and arriving at a determination of anticipated residual risk level the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> may produce.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">How is the EU AI Act useful in IAAIS against the UK Children\u2019s Code?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">As supplementary information during Step One: Assessing ToE Risk Level, to arrive at a determination of appropriate level of AADC, specifically, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 6 provides a secondary guide for ISS-centric risk determination, from low and minimal risk which requires no obligations of compliance to unacceptable level of risk that prohibits all AI practices. Those risk levels and associated <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> obligations are summarised in Figure 6 below.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Figure 6: European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) Pyramid of Risk and AI Practices<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/BRIE\/2021\/698792\/EPRS_BRI%282021%29698792_EN.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 597px;height: 303px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: -6.007303442007577px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/ZZgH0X4vvOwlvjZ-N5lV624IdDwP2ubertPOawWCgq03lz5_HogJD7BnmD0M9lmwVhspzUw11grpSGGlLx8vHjZCbpBc_SPHSrL_5kbkicU8befJnHkyEFilUvkwf-tGuPQuhHF9mqYkhizFGO6k_TbTJbtFYelSSeuxcyaDkVA52X7DmPRUVDvsEg\" width=\"597\" height=\"309.0073034420076\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Unacceptable Risk: Prohibited AI Practices\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AI systems that deploy harmful manipulative &#8216;subliminal techniques&#8217;;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AI systems that exploit specific vulnerable groups (physical or mental disability);\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AI systems used by public authorities, or on their behalf, for social scoring purposes; and<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">&#8216;Real-time&#8217; remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes, except in a limited number of cases.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High Risk: Regulated High-Risk AI Systems<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High-risk AI systems used as a safety component of a product or as a product falling under Union health and safety harmonisation legislation (e.g. toys, aviation, cars, medical devices, lifts).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High-risk AI systems deployed in eight specific areas identified in Annex III, which the Commission would be empowered to update as necessary by way of a delegated act (Article 7):\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Biometric identification and categorisation of natural persons;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Management and operation of critical infrastructure;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Education and vocational training;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Employment, worker management and access to self-employment;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Access to and enjoyment of essential private services and public services and benefits;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Law enforcement;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Migration, asylum and border control management;<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Administration of justice and democratic processes.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Limited risk: Transparency obligations\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The AI systems presenting &#8216;limited risk&#8217;,such as systems that interacts with humans (i.e. chatbots), emotion recognition systems, biometric categorisation systems, and AI systems that generate or manipulate image, audio or video content (i.e. deepfakes), would be subject to a limited set of transparency obligations (Title IV).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Low or minimal risk: No obligations\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">All other AI systems presenting only low or minimal risk could be developed and used in the EU without conforming to any additional legal obligations. However, the proposed AI act envisages the creation of codes of conduct to encourage providers of non-high-risk AI systems to voluntarily apply the mandatory requirements for high-risk AI systems (Title IX).<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ALERT<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Whereas the ICO discourages the use of biometric identification systems (or biometric verification systems), the EU Commission prohibits their use.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ForHumanity Inclusion, Disability and Accessibility Audit Scheme<\/span><\/h2><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ALERT<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The ICO requires assessment of risk related to disability, specifically citing the following under Article 23: Children with Disabilities, <\/span><\/p><h6 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #666666;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Verdana;color: #666666;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This right is at risk where services do not provide privacy information and community standards in accessible formats. This is unfair to children with disabilities and does not follow UK equalities law.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #666666;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: italic;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">However, the toolkits (?) and other exemplars do not contain a unit of analysis for this variable. For that reason, we suggest utilising the ForHumanity Inclusion, Disability and Accessibility audit criteria for this portion of the DPIA and risk analysis. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcb3bbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcb3bbb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ab7ed1\" data-id=\"0ab7ed1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e30177 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e30177\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-339a34a9-7fff-a76d-eb60-4cefb1467372\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Assurance and the Scheme<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8446840 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8446840\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a98e3d8\" data-id=\"a98e3d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f6e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90f6e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">This sections contains clarity for the Scheme per ICO\u2019s Opinion of 14 October 2021 and industry best practices. In addition to the legal requirements of the Code, certain other recommendations are included for <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">desiring to do more to protect the best interests of the child.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Please note that:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">SHALL statements denote criteria that are legally required.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">SHOULD statements denote criteria that have been identified as a recommended best practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">MAY statements denote criteria that extend the criteria, without judgement or prejudice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Criteria, other than \u201cShould\u201d statements, exist to clarify for the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> that it does, in fact, have a choice beyond the legal \u201cfloor\u201d of compliance. It should be noted that the latter choices can lead to the documentation of risks which are likely to lead to further compliance requirements\u2014they can also lead to better outcomes ForHumanity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High risk <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ISS <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">with <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Service Users<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> under the age of 18 must take a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">High-Privacy by Default<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> approach to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age-Appropriate Design Code, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">unless a compelling reason for a different default setting can be demonstrated.<\/span><\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top: 10pt;margin-bottom: 5pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;font-family: Arial;color: #202124;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AADC Audit Alerts<\/span><\/h2><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.1852307692307693;text-align: justify;margin-top: 14pt;margin-bottom: 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Age Determination Using AI Facial Analysis Technology<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: #fcfbfa;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> ICO permits, see FAQ note below, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">the use of AI facial analysis to triage the age of users. ForHumanity does NOT PERMIT THIS ON A STANDALONE BASIS for age verification precision e.g. where a jurisdiction states that it is illegal for an under 18 to purchase or access a certain good or service.\u00a0 Given that there is a MAE (Mean Absolute Error) with this technology an age buffer is needed, there is insufficient validity, accuracy and reliability of AIs to precisely determine under 1.5 years of accuracy, so the difference between say the ages 12 and 13, 17 and 18, where that may be a vital concern. For users who are close to a crucial age threshold a platform shall offer additional methods for users where the AI has deemed that they are too young.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">AI (facial analysis) for Age verification MAY be very useful, on a standalone basis to triage users in certain circumstances and where young people do not own or have access to a government issued identity document or where bulk processing can pinpoint areas for further investigation or verification.\u00a0 Further, AI (facial analysis) may be very useful in a bulk context to ensure that adults (e.g. Ages 21+) are excluded from an ISS UK (when desired by the ISSK) e.g.,to deter grooming. Accuracy is the greatest for ages 13-24 (to within 1.5 years of accuracy), but decreases for older ages<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> as people look after themselves more or less well as they age.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;text-align: justify;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 10pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">An FHCA <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: #fcfbfa;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">SHALL<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">ensure that any use of third-party verification details their methodology and precision studies as the basis of Age Assurance. This due diligence process, while to be done by the CDOC of the auditee, the FHCA is best\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a325cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a325cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b14bf0\" data-id=\"8b14bf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2244680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2244680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>ICO FAQ\u2019s on the 15 Standards of the Children\u2019s Code<\/h1><p><b>What about using facial images to estimate age?<\/b><\/p><p>Using AI to estimate a user\u2019s age from an image of their face may be, in principle, a reasonable way to establish age with a level of certainty appropriate to the risk. However, we recognise that&nbsp; currently much of the work in this area is still in a research and development phase. This means there are few products commercially available. Therefore, if you use this technology you must ensure that it provides an appropriate level of certainty. The processing must also be compliant with the UK GDPR and the code where appropriate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f1e2d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f1e2d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30ea264\" data-id=\"30ea264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc61ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc61ae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appendices<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4db164e\" data-id=\"4db164e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4184d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4184d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-A_-AADC-DPIA-Template.pdf\">Appendix A:&nbsp;AADC DPIA Template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-B_-Assessing-for-High-Risk-Systems.pdf\">Appendix B:&nbsp;Assessing for High Risk Systems.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-C_-Sample-Data-Protection-Impact-Assessment_-Connected-Toy.pdf\">Appendix C:&nbsp;Sample Data Protection Impact Assessment-Connected Toy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-D_-Sample-Data-Protection-Impact-Assessment_-Game-or-App.pdf\">Appendix D:&nbsp;Sample Data Protection Impact Assessment-Game or App<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-E_-Sample-Data-Protection-Impact-Assessment_-Online-Retailer.pdf\">Appendix E:&nbsp;Sample Data Protection Impact Assessment-Online Retailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-F_-Yoti-LTDs-Response-to-ICO-Opinion-on-Age-Assurance.pdf\">Appendix F:&nbsp;Yoti LTD\u2019s Response to ICO Opinion on Age Assurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forhumanity.center\/bok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Age-Assurance-Appendix-G_-Age-Check-Certification-Schemes-.pdf\">Appendix G:&nbsp;Age Check Certification Schemes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use Case host: Jeff Kluge and Jodi Masters-Gonzales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bok"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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