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Oct 21, 2025
German regulator KJM cuts facial age estimation buffer for 18+ content checks from 5 to 3 years
The German regulator, KJM, has reduced the buffer for facial age estimation for the highest level of age assurance from 5 to 3 years. This means, instead of users needing to be estimated as over 23, users must now be estimated as over 21. Originally approved by KJM in November 2021 for 16+ (erotic) content, in May 2022 KJM approved the use for facial age estimation for the highest level of assurance, covering 18+ adult content, with a buffer of 5 years. Now, KJM have reduced the buffer required by platforms from 5 to 3 years. This follows an
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Oct 17, 2025
Royal Voluntary Service partners with Yoti to verify volunteers and create trusted communities
The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) has launched GoVo, a free-to-use digital volunteering platform, which aims to revolutionise the recruitment of volunteers to opportunities from UK charities by bringing volunteering opportunities from charities across the UK into one easy place. It is designed to make it easier than ever to get involved in volunteering and give back. We’ve partnered with RVS to help them create trusted communities within the GoVo platform. Many volunteering opportunities can involve working with the vulnerable, the young, the elderly, or otherwise in-need communities. A vital aspect of this is safeguarding both volunteers and those beneficiaries
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Oct 16, 2025
BAT and the Channel Islands Coop roll out Yoti facial age estimation in stores to combat underage access
BAT and Channel Islands Coop have partnered to launch Yoti facial age estimation technology in stores across Jersey. The initiative aims to combat underage access across all age-gated product categories Forms part of BAT’s large-scale facial age estimation technology deployment in more than 600 stores across Europe Early results from BAT pilot in Europe show a 99% accuracy rate. 99.3% of 13 to 17 year olds will be correctly estimated as under the age of 21* London, UK – 16th October 2025 – British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced it has partnered with The Channel Islands Co-operative Society
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Oct 08, 2025
Luciditi join Yoti, Post Office and Lloyds Bank to grow the UK’s network of interoperable digital ID wallets
British reusable digital identity providers, Yoti and Luciditi, today announce that they are working together to further grow the UK network of interoperable digital ID wallets available to businesses needing to verify customers’ ages, both online and in person. This 7 million strong UK network now includes Yoti, Post Office EasyID, Lloyds Bank Smart ID, and Luciditi meeting the demand for secure, efficient and trusted digital ID wallets for the UK market. All four Digital ID wallets are certified to the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework. Individuals create and manage their reusable Digital ID on their
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Aug 31, 2025
Yoti excels in Australia’s age assurance benchmarking: A privacy-first approach with high accuracy
London, UK – 31st August 2025 – UK-based digital identity company, Yoti, has today been recognised as one of the leading providers in Australia’s national Age Assurance Technology Trial (AATT) benchmarking, demonstrating exceptional performance in privacy, usability and accuracy for both age verification and age estimation. The independent evaluation highlights Yoti’s commitment to balancing user privacy with robust assurance, confirming Yoti’s technology as one of the most privacy-forward solutions in the trial. Privacy by design and international standards compliance Yoti’s systems for age verification and age estimation demonstrated accuracy levels suitable for real-world application, meeting the highest Technology
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Aug 06, 2025
Yoti is now a certified Orchestration Service Provider (OSP) under UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework
Yoti is now a certified Orchestration Service Provider (OSP) under the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF), just weeks after the UK Data Act received Royal Assent. Following a rigorous audit to ensure compliance with the UK DIATF’s strict requirements for OSPs, we have been awarded this certification by the Kantara Initiative. This milestone builds on our commitment to deliver trusted, secure, and inclusive digital identity solutions for people and businesses across the UK. Simple and inclusive access to trusted digital IDs Digital IDs are no longer the future, they’re here. We’ve had over 6.5m downloads