Blueprint for an Age Verification Solution to Help Protect Minors Online

Why It Matters

This provides regulators and businesses a practical way to block minors from age-restricted services without sacrificing user privacy or creating centralized identity databases, lowering legal and reputational risk while enabling easier compliance.

Summary

The European Commission released a free, open-source blueprint for a white-label age verification app that lets users prove they are over a set age using national eID, passport/ID chip read, third-party apps (e.g., banking), or in-person checks. Setup uses a PIN or biometric unlock and creates an on-device age credential after a document scan and liveness check; no document images or personal data leave the device. The system shares only a single yes/no age assertion with websites via QR or click, employing zero-knowledge proofs to prevent profiling, tracking or identity exposure. Deployers can adjust age thresholds to meet national laws, while the modular codebase allows integration and auditability.

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Commission is developing a harmonised approach to help online platforms implement a user-friendly and privacy-preserving age verification method. This blueprint launches a pilot phase during which a software solution for age verification will be tested and further customised in collaboration with Member States, online platforms and end-users. Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain will be the first to take up the technical solution in view of taking it up in their national digital wallets or publishing a customised national age verification app on the app stores. Market players can also take up the software solution and further develop it.

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