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Online age verification: Balancing the protection of minors with privacy

Title (original language): Vérification de l’âge en ligne : trouver l’équilibre entre protection des mineurs et respect de la vie privée

This short research report and policy briefing presents CNIL's analysis of the main types of age verification systems in order to clarify its position on age control on the internet, and in particular pornographic sites for which such control is mandatory. It specifies how these publishers could fulfill their legal obligations. However, the CNIL notes that these current systems are circumventable and intrusive and calls for the implementation of models that are more respectful of privacy.
(Source: Report).

Methodology

For this report, the CNIL analyzed several existing solutions for verifying the age of users online, checking whether they have the following properties: sufficiently reliable verification, complete coverage of the population as well as respect for data protection and the privacy of individuals and their security.

Country or region of researched population

France

Citation

Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL). (2022, July). Vérification de l’âge en ligne : trouver l’équilibre entre protection des mineurs et respect de la vie privée. https://www.cnil.fr/fr/verification-de-lage-en-ligne-trouver-lequilibre-entre-protection-des-mineurs-et-respect-de-la-vie

Record created:

01 March 2024
  • Go to publication
  • 2022
  • Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
  • Other
  • French
  • policy and decision makers
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • policy and regulation, research and evidence, technical settings
Title (original language): Vérification de l’âge en ligne : trouver l’équilibre entre protection des mineurs et respect de la vie privée
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This short research report and policy briefing presents CNIL's analysis of the main types of age verification systems in order to clarify its position on age control on the internet, and in particular pornographic sites for which such control is mandatory. It specifies how these publishers could fulfill their legal obligations. However, the CNIL notes that these current systems are circumventable and intrusive and calls for the implementation of models that are more respectful of privacy.
(Source: Report).

Methodology

For this report, the CNIL analyzed several existing solutions for verifying the age of users online, checking whether they have the following properties: sufficiently reliable verification, complete coverage of the population as well as respect for data protection and the privacy of individuals and their security.

Country or region of researched population

France

Citation

Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL). (2022, July). Vérification de l’âge en ligne : trouver l’équilibre entre protection des mineurs et respect de la vie privée. https://www.cnil.fr/fr/verification-de-lage-en-ligne-trouver-lequilibre-entre-protection-des-mineurs-et-respect-de-la-vie

Record created:

01 March 2024
  • Go to publication
  • 2022
  • Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
  • Other
  • French
  • policy and decision makers
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
  • policy and regulation, research and evidence, technical settings
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