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No images? Click here Ofcom and ICO issue joint statement on common approach to age assurance
Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have today published a joint statement to provide further clarity for industry on how to meet the UK’s Online Safety Act and data protection legislation when deploying age assurance. As the regulators for online safety and data protection in the UK, Ofcom and the ICO are committed to working closely together on our shared goal of protecting children from harm online. Earlier this month, Ofcom and ICO set out our expectations for services most used by children to do more to protect children online, including by enforcing their minimum age requirements with effective age checks. Today’s joint statement reinforces those expectations and illustrates our close engagement on strategic and operational matters related to age assurance. Aimed at services likely to be accessed by children and in scope of the Online Safety Act and UK data protection legislation, it uses practical examples to explain how services can meet their obligations when implementing age checks. Ofcom and the ICO’s common approach to age assurance is designed to be risk-based, flexible, tech-neutral and future proof, allowing space for innovation in the context of rapidly evolving technology and market developments. In response to industry questions, today’s statement sets out:
Ofcom and the ICO will continue to collaborate on this important area and respond, as appropriate, to any future developments in age assurance. Ofcom a’r ICO yn cyhoeddi datganiad ar y cyd ar ddull cyffredin o sicrhau oedranHeddiw, mae Ofcom a Swyddfa'r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth (ICO) wedi cyhoeddi datganiad ar y cyd i ddarparu eglurder pellach i'r diwydiant ar sut i fodloni Deddf Diogelwch Ar-lein y DU a deddfwriaeth diogelu data wrth ddefnyddio sicrwydd oedran. Fel y rheoleiddwyr ar gyfer diogelwch ar-lein a diogelu data yn y DU, mae Ofcom a'r ICO wedi ymrwymo i gydweithio'n agos ar ein nod cyffredin o ddiogelu plant rhag niwed ar-lein. Yn gynharach y mis hwn, nododd Ofcom a’r ICO ein disgwyliadau ar gyfer gwasanaethau a ddefnyddir fwyaf gan blant, i wneud mwy i ddiogelu plant ar-lein, gan gynnwys trwy orfodi eu gofynion isafswm oedran gyda gwiriadau oedran effeithiol. Mae datganiad ar y cyd heddiw yn atgyfnerthu'r disgwyliadau hynny ac yn dangos ein hymgysylltiad agos ar faterion strategol a gweithredol sy'n gysylltiedig â sicrwydd oedran. Wedi'i anelu at wasanaethau sy'n debygol o gael eu cyrchu gan blant ac o fewn cwmpas y Ddeddf Diogelwch Ar-lein a deddfwriaeth diogelu data'r DU, mae'n defnyddio enghreifftiau ymarferol i esbonio sut y gall gwasanaethau fodloni eu rhwymedigaethau wrth weithredu gwiriadau oedran. Mae dull cyffredin Ofcom a'r ICO o sicrhau oedran wedi'i gynllunio i fod yn seiliedig ar risg, yn hyblyg, yn niwtral o ran technoleg ac yn addas ar gyfer y dyfodol, gan ganiatáu lle ar gyfer arloesi yng nghyd-destun datblygiadau technoleg a marchnad sy'n esblygu'n gyflym. Mewn ymateb i gwestiynau'r diwydiant, mae'r datganiad heddiw yn nodi:
Bydd Ofcom a'r ICO yn parhau i gydweithio ar y maes pwysig hwn ac yn ymateb, fel y bo'n briodol, i unrhyw ddatblygiadau mewn sicrwydd oedran yn y dyfodol. Latest newsOfcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. We have responsibilities across television, radio, video on demand, telecoms, wireless communications and postal services. News releases and other resources for journalists are available on our website. Our third-party email service stores your personal data outside the EU/UK and uses cookies to measure engagement with our email updates. Cookies help us to improve our service. See our cookies policy. You can check whether you have accepted these tracking cookies and opt out by managing your preferences. You can choose which email updates you receive by managing your preferences or you can unsubscribe from all email updates. © Ofcom 2026 |