Technology: Age Assurance
2026-06-28 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · 14207 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which age-assurance technology can comply with data minimisation principles under GDPR.
Answer
Government, Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office have been clear that age assurance methods should be safe, proportionate and secure and that services must minimise the use of personal data, only collecting and retaining it where necessary and ...