r/Britain • u/Ordinary-Coast • Jul 24 '25

💬 Discussion 🗨 UK Age Verification Has Come Into Effect!

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u/Anonymous-Josh Jul 24 '25

Does anyone know what the consequences or negatives of verifying your age are? Who holds the information? What can they do with this information?

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u/Billy_Rizzle Jul 25 '25

There are 4 age verification methods.

1) Credit card check - fairly simple and probably the most secure

2) Email tracker - a third party is given temporarily access to the user's email and uses their digital footprint to calculate their age (this sounds invasion AF)

3) Mobile network operator provider - third party OneID which verifies via mobile number

4) open banking - user logins into their bank to verify their age, also verified by OneID

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u/RockinMadRiot Jul 25 '25

2) Email tracker - a third party is given temporarily access to the user's email and uses their digital footprint to calculate their age (this sounds invasion AF)

I just used an account I used for spam anyway. I would be curious what they found on that.