DIDAS warns that age verification alone cannot solve harmful content, addictive design, profiling or commercial exploitation of children online. Where verification is necessary, it should reveal only what is required, such as a simple “over/under age threshold”, without exposing identity, birth date or biometrics. DIDAS proposes six principles: privacy by design/default, unlinkability, data minimisation, open-source […]
Phocuswright sees that the EU Digital Identity Wallet is gaining ground, but adoption differs strongly between France, Germany, and the UK. Awareness is growing, France leads with 25%, while Germany shows the largest increase from 13% to 21%. Trust is decisive: 54% of Germans trust the Personalausweis, while trust in digital identity systems is clearly […]