As age assurance solutions become more common online, McDermott Will & Schulte Privacy and Security Attorney Katelyn Ringrose, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, and Digital Trust and Safety Partnership Executive Director David Sullivan outline the importance of avoiding “a uniform standard that may inadvertently restrict some users or fail to protect others.” Ringrose and Sullivan analyze the trade-offs associated with implementing age assurance mechanisms, the role third-party providers play in the ecosystem, as well as the efficacy of conducting age assurance through the device and/or operating system level, the browser level, and the platform level.
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