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The UK has eliminated cookie pop up requirements. However, they have introduced other legislation that requires websites to establish the ages of all visitors v
by 542458 4y ago
The UK has eliminated cookie pop up requirements. However, they have introduced other legislation that requires websites to establish the ages of all visitors via checking legal ID so that adult content can be restricted. This is expected to be done by integrating with (paid) third-party APIs that will keep track of users’ legal identity across websites. This will be both privacy-invasive for users and expensive for website operators. The UK has also axed many of the EU-based data protections that users have.
- buttscicles 4y agoWanted to add that according to the article, these checks will be required for all content, not just adult content.
- ectopod 4y agoAll user-generated content specifically. If you host non-adult content and there's no way for randos to upload it you don't need to verify.
- matt321 4y agoThat is not true. Either A) You know for a fact all content is safe for underaged, or B) You verify. What is safe for underaged is not defined and can change on a whim. Therefor, any sane person running a website that is not "explicitly for underageds" will verify and eject said underageds. Especially since the one in charge (hired by the company) can be personally liable for any "harm" comming to the underaged.
- jcranberry 4y agoIs this website reliable?
- __alexs 4y agoThis article is discussing draft legislation that hasn't been voted on yet. These changes haven't come into effect and IMO probably won't.
- zuminator 4y agoAnd if you don't have legal ID, the website will need to access your Webcam and measure the size of your head(!) to determine your age.
- jeroenhd 4y agoPopups were never required in the first place, what was required was to get consent before tracking users. Websites that seem they need to track users immediately and across their entire web space implemented popups because it's the only way to get consent before showing content, but that's the website's choice, not a consequence of the law.