Ofcom: guidance on highly effective age assurance (Part 3) · Background to the guidance

Background to the guidance Children’s Access Assessment

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Background to the guidance Children’s Access Assessment

2.1All providers of Part 3 services are required to carry out children’s access assessments to determine whether a service, or part of a service, is likely to be accessed by children.

2.2The Act says that service providers may only conclude that it is not possible for children to access a service if that service uses a form of age assurance with the result that children are not normally able to access that service or part of it.1

2.3We consider that, in order to secure the result that children are not normally able to access their service (or a part of it), service providers should deploy highly effective age assurance and implement effective access controls to prevent users from accessing the service (or relevant part of it) unless they have been identified as adults.2

2.4As stated in the Children’s Access Assessment Guidance, service providers should consult this guidance to understand what constitutes highly effective age assurance and / or to carry out an in-depth assessment of whether a particular form of age assurance is highly effective for the purpose of stage 1 of the children’s access assessment.3

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2.1 All providers of Part 3 services are required to carry out children’s access assessments to
determine whether a service, or part of a service, is likely to be accessed by children.

2.2 The Act says that service providers may only conclude that it is not possible for children to
access a service if that service uses a form of age assurance with the result that children are
not normally able to access that service or part of it.1

2.3 We consider that, in order to secure the result that children are not normally able to access
their service (or a part of it), service providers should deploy highly effective age assurance
and implement effective access controls to prevent users from accessing the service (or
relevant part of it) unless they have been identified as adults.2

2.4 As stated in the Children’s Access Assessment Guidance, service providers should consult
this guidance to understand what constitutes highly effective age assurance and / or to
carry out an in-depth assessment of whether a particular form of age assurance is highly
effective for the purpose of stage 1 of the children’s access assessment.3

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Providers of Part 3 services must conduct children's access assessments to determine if a service is likely to be accessed by children.

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