Question follow-through · 14207
Technology: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which age-assurance technology can comply with data minimisation principles under GDPR.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which age-assurance technology can comply with data minimisation principles under GDPR.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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7 Jul 2026
Answer published
Government, Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office have been clear that age assurance methods should be safe, proportionate and secure and that services must minimise the use of personal data, only collecting and retaining it where necessary and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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