The British government has decreed that adult sites must collect age-verification data on everyone who looks at material rated for 18-and-over viewing; this amounts to a database of the porn-viewing habits of every adult in the UK.
While this logging is compulsory, compliance with privacy protections is optional.
The Open Rights Group has a form where you can contact the government and demand that they make privacy protection mandatory and integral, not optional and an afterthought.
* We are grateful to the BBFC and the DCMS for recognising that Age Verification technology needs strong privacy protection.
* The BBFC’s voluntary privacy scheme is an improvement, but companies can simply ignore the guidance.
* Protecting the public’s digital privacy should not be optional. Strong privacy protections for Age Verification technology must be made compulsory.
* The implementation of Age Verification technology must be delayed until privacy protections are mandatory.
* Major data breaches make headlines on a regular basis. Strong privacy protection must be a priority, not an afterthought.
Making Age Verification privacy rules matter [Open Rights Group]
