Around the world, regulators are introducing online safety and age checking laws to protect minors online. But some people believe that age assurance can’t be done without risking our privacy.
In reality, the challenge of checking someone’s age online in a privacy-preserving way has been solved.
In this paper, we address some of the common concerns around age assurance.
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June 30, 2025
The BritCard debate heats up as digital ID adoption grows Just a few months after the UK Government introduced a voluntary digital ID wallet, some influential voices within Labour are already pushing to make it mandatory. They’ve also suggested rebranding it as the ‘BritCard app’ or ‘BritCard digital ID wallet’. In the 2 years between late 2025 and late 2027, I believe many (potentially a majority) of the UK’s 57 million adults will get a UK Government digital ID wallet. From late 2025, users will be able to access their mobile driving licence details. By the end of
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May 30, 2025
In this blog series, our CEO Robin Tombs will be sharing his experience, whilst focusing on major themes, news and issues in the world of identity verification and age assurance. This month, Robin chats about the UK’s supermarket trials, the growing momentum behind digital ID and developments in online safety regulations. Facial age estimation and Digital ID supermarket trials Many Yoti followers will know we developed effective facial age estimation at the end of 2018 – over 6 years ago. After several UK supermarkets pleaded for the Home Office to trial the technology at self-checkouts, trials were completed
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May 7, 2025
As we spend more of our lives online, protecting our personal data has never been more important. Identity verification helps businesses check their customers’ identities whilst allowing people to navigate online services with confidence. Understanding identity verification is essential. We break down what identity verification is, why it matters and how it works. We also discuss the different methods used for verifying identity and the benefits of secure identity checks. Why do we need identity verification? Identity verification helps protect both individuals and businesses from things like identity theft, fraud and other malicious activities. It’s especially important in
