Proposed shared age-assurance infrastructure with admission and commercial governance

AgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

AgeAware was an interoperability proposal and proof-of-concept project developed in the euCONSENT ASBL context. Its August 2024 consultation specification described how participants, technical components and commercial arrangements would fit together; a January 2025 update credited providers helping design the proof of concept.

Design and development state

The consultation located admission criteria, fit-and-proper review, licensing, tally access and suspension within an ASBL-governed ecosystem. It proposed negotiated core-component exclusivity and three-year commercial-scheme exclusivity followed by contestability. January's account credited VerifyMy, Yoti and AgeChecked with detailed design. AVPA's later retrospective describes development through 2025 and private alternatives. Those records support a proposal and development history, rather than an operating compulsory network or executed exclusivity concession.

What the records show

euCONSENTAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

published a proposed admission, billing and governance design for

Consultation5 August 2024; final approval/implementation not obtained.

Version1.0 consultation locates admission criteria, fit-and-proper review, licensing, tally access and participant suspension in ASBL-governed ecosystem. Includes negotiated core-component exclusivity and proposed three-year commercial-scheme exclusivity, then contestability. This is a published proposal, not an executed concession or current compulsory gate.

Tony Iain Allen / Tony AllenAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

is named as the required ACCS approver for the draft specification of

Draft5 August 2024; rules2026 must not be applied retrospectively without support.

Document-control table identifies T Allen, ACCS Programme Director, with Approver in the Action column; completion Date is blank and no signed approval is shown. This is proposed approval authority, not a completed decision. It raises a bounded conflict-management question beside later2026 certification design restrictions; not a demonstrated breach.

Iain CorbyAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

is a credited author of the proposed specification for

Version1.0,5 August 2024.

Cover names Iain Corby, Alastair Graham and Ben Gower; Corby document author. No sole authorship or completed approval inferred.

Age Verification Providers AssociationAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

describes the project's demonstration mission as fulfilled alongside private alternatives

Undated current page captured9 September 2026.

Current AVPA retrospective says ASBL technology development continued until2025 and points to private-sector alternative ecosystems. Does not establish company dissolution or exact service termination, but limits depicting the2024 design as a current mandatory network.

AgeChecked (credited provider brand)AgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

is credited with detailed design work for

Recipient account9 January 2025, following5 August 2024 draft.

January 2025 project account identifies provider as ASBL member from original project team helping design proof of concept. Draft2024 reviewer listing is a separate proposed-role record. No compensation, exclusive award, veto or customer deployment shown.

Commissioned AgeAware rights review · reported January 2025AgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

was commissioned to examine rights implications of

Reported 9 January 2025; exact commission date and delivery date not established.

The proposed review's stated subject was AgeAware's child-rights and broader human-rights impact. The participant called it independent; no independence or completion audit was performed.

Further reading

UK age-assurance market: instruments, interests and limits

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What the connections say

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euCONSENTpublished a proposed admission, billing and governance design forAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Consultation5 August 2024; final approval/implementation not obtained.

Version1.0 consultation locates admission criteria, fit-and-proper review, licensing, tally access and participant suspension in ASBL-governed ecosystem. Includes negotiated core-component exclusivity and proposed three-year commercial-scheme exclusivity, then contestability. This is a published proposal, not an executed concession or current compulsory gate.

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Tony Iain Allen / Tony Allenis named as the required ACCS approver for the draft specification ofAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Draft5 August 2024; rules2026 must not be applied retrospectively without support.

Document-control table identifies T Allen, ACCS Programme Director, with Approver in the Action column; completion Date is blank and no signed approval is shown. This is proposed approval authority, not a completed decision. It raises a bounded conflict-management question beside later2026 certification design restrictions; not a demonstrated breach.

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VerifyMy Limitedis credited with detailed design work forAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Recipient account9 January 2025, following5 August 2024 draft.

Reported by the cited source

January 2025 project account identifies provider as ASBL member from original project team helping design proof of concept. Draft2024 reviewer listing is a separate proposed-role record. No compensation, exclusive award, veto or customer deployment shown.

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Yoti (credited provider brand)is credited with detailed design work forAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Recipient account9 January 2025, following5 August 2024 draft.

Reported by the cited source

January 2025 project account identifies provider as ASBL member from original project team helping design proof of concept. Draft2024 reviewer listing is a separate proposed-role record. No compensation, exclusive award, veto or customer deployment shown.

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AgeChecked (credited provider brand)is credited with detailed design work forAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Recipient account9 January 2025, following5 August 2024 draft.

Reported by the cited source

January 2025 project account identifies provider as ASBL member from original project team helping design proof of concept. Draft2024 reviewer listing is a separate proposed-role record. No compensation, exclusive award, veto or customer deployment shown.

Read the original sources 2
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Age Verification Providers Associationdescribes the project's demonstration mission as fulfilled alongside private alternativesAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Undated current page captured9 September 2026.

Reported by the cited source

Current AVPA retrospective says ASBL technology development continued until2025 and points to private-sector alternative ecosystems. Does not establish company dissolution or exact service termination, but limits depicting the2024 design as a current mandatory network.

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Commissioned AgeAware rights review · reported January 2025was commissioned to examine rights implications ofAgeAware interoperability proposal and proof of concept

Reported 9 January 2025; exact commission date and delivery date not established.

Reported by the cited source

The proposed review's stated subject was AgeAware's child-rights and broader human-rights impact. The participant called it independent; no independence or completion audit was performed.

Specific commissioned-work bridge to named contributors already documented in the eSafety-cited CSEA principles report; not a claim that eSafety commissioned AgeAware or that either report dictated policy.

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