Department for Science, Innovation and Technology written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.
Andrew Rosindell
Conservative, Romford
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking with ofcom to ensure that its guidance on age (a) verification and (b) assurance under the Online Safety Act 2023 reflects data privacy considerations.
Saqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Online Safety Act 2023 includes strong safeguards for user privacy. The Act includes principles that ofcom must have regard to when recommending the use of age assurance technologies for compliance with duties in the Act. Privacy has been represented in these principles, which outline that considerations relating to privacy, as set out in the Data Protection Act 2018, apply to all uses of age assurance technologies used to comply with duties in the Act.
Ofcom is consulting on its codes of practice and guidance, with the child safety codes of practice currently out for consultation.
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