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Part of a broader proposed ecosystem for age-appropriate services; Ofcom later added conditional token guidance after responses from 5Rights, Yoti and ACT.
Ofcom → 5Rights age-token proposal · July 2024
January 2025 statement.
Ofcom recorded token submissions from 5Rights, Yoti and ACT and added references in guidance.A token is not itself an assurance method: underlying age check and sharing must satisfy HEAA, and the regulated service retains responsibility.
5Rights Foundation → 5Rights age-token proposal · July 2024
Document 17 July 2024.
5Rights argued for age ranges and a broader ecosystem, including privacy-preserving age tokens, for age-appropriate experiences. Its criticism of the draft as binary is the respondent's characterization.
UK age assurance: specific advocacy contributions and decisions ↗
UK age assurance: statutory chain and consequential choices ↗
5Rights Foundation → recommended age tokens in broader assurance ecosystem → 5Rights age-token proposal · July 2024
Document 17 July 2024.
5Rights argued for age ranges and a broader ecosystem, including privacy-preserving age tokens, for age-appropriate experiences. Its criticism of the draft as binary is the respondent's characterization.
Pressure extended beyond an over18 gate toward age-appropriate design; not all such assurance was proposed to require government ID.
Ofcom → added conditional references after token submissions → 5Rights age-token proposal · July 2024
January 2025 statement.
Ofcom recorded token submissions from 5Rights, Yoti and ACT and added references in guidance.A token is not itself an assurance method: underlying age check and sharing must satisfy HEAA, and the regulated service retains responsibility.
A concrete clarification following submissions; not exclusive attribution to 5Rights or blanket acceptance of token systems.