The Entertainment Software Rating Board has proposed a new verification mechanism which it says will ensure parental consent is properly obtained under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA).
The board, which regulates age ratings for games in the US and Canada, has developed the mechanism with Yoti, a digital ID platform, and SuperAwesome, a company specialising in online child safety tools. SuperAwesome was acquired by Epic Games in 2020.
According to COPPA, services in the US must gain parental consent to collect personal information from children under the age of 13. The ERSB’s proposal, titled “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation”, would use facial age assurance software to verify the age of the parent. If their estimated age is lower than the threshold (given as 25 in the proposal), they would not be allowed to provide consent for the child.
Source – eurogamer.net
All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
