We call on the European Commission to propose legislation ensuring that digital identity and age-assurance systems used to access online services in the Union remain voluntary, privacy-preserving and non-discriminatory. Citizens must not be forced to identify themselves to access lawful online content or services unless strictly necessary, proportionate and provided by law. The legislation should require anonymous or pseudonymous proof-of-age, data minimisation, selective disclosure, open-source implementation, independent security audits, prohibition of cross-service tracking by relying parties, and equivalent alternatives for citizens who do not use a digital wallet.
So a completely useless initiative, is how I’m reading this. The “unless strictly necessary” is a fabulous “think of the children/national security” -backdoor. This is basically the same platitudes, the EU and our governments are already feeding us to make online age verification digestible. And the headline of the initiative is blatantly misrepresenting the content…
So a completely useless initiative, is how I’m reading this. The “unless strictly necessary” is a fabulous “think of the children/national security” -backdoor. This is basically the same platitudes, the EU and our governments are already feeding us to make online age verification digestible. And the headline of the initiative is blatantly misrepresenting the content…