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Policy proposal
Part5 consultation request for privacy-preserving age assurance as an express criterion; Ofcom declined that criterion architecture in January 2025.
5Rights Foundation → 5Rights privacy criterion proposal · March 2024
Document labelled March 2024; exact submission day not established.
5Rights asked for privacy-preserving assurance as a criterion, with minimal data collection, limited retention and security; its proposed on-device/result-only approach sought to avoid a central identity database linked to online activity.
Ofcom → 5Rights privacy criterion proposal · March 2024
January 2025 statement.
Ofcom named 5Rights' request then declined adding a separate privacy criterion because data-protection requirements already apply. It also clarified design/minimisation guidance and said both regimes are mandatory.
UK age assurance: specific advocacy contributions and decisions ↗
UK age assurance: statutory chain and consequential choices ↗
5Rights Foundation → requested express privacy criterion → 5Rights privacy criterion proposal · March 2024
Document labelled March 2024; exact submission day not established.
5Rights asked for privacy-preserving assurance as a criterion, with minimal data collection, limited retention and security; its proposed on-device/result-only approach sought to avoid a central identity database linked to online activity.
An NGO proposal for assurance design and limits; does not support an undifferentiated universal-identity-demand claim.
Ofcom → declined separate criterion → 5Rights privacy criterion proposal · March 2024
January 2025 statement.
Ofcom named 5Rights' request then declined adding a separate privacy criterion because data-protection requirements already apply. It also clarified design/minimisation guidance and said both regimes are mandatory.
Counterpart disposition of a specific NGO submission; guidance clarification is not assigned solely to 5Rights.