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We are looking forward to the details when a change to the Mandatory Licensing Conditions to remove the requirement for a hologram or ultraviolet mark - notoriously difficult to display on a smartphone - and permit the use of digital proof of age. Key questions which we have been considering with our members for several years now, and have solutions to hand, will be: - How does a user authenticate the use of the digital proof of age when using it in person, such that the licensee can be confident they are the rightful owner? Fortunately, tech is far better than the human eye at comparing photos to people. (This is not currently addressed in the Trust Framework which focuses on online use-cases) - Can this be done in such a way that the proof can be used at a self-service checkout - no more red light waits - creating a significant additional benefit to shoppers? - Can this be deployed in a way that allows for universal acceptance of any Trust Mark certified issuer's digital proof of age by any licensee - rather than going back to the days when only certain credit cards worked in certain stores - as this #interoperability is critical to the speed of adoption - What will be the underlying commercial model to incentivise issuers to invest in supplying proofs of age for this purpose? Licensees don't pay to look a your plastic driving licence, but are willing to pay for a faster, more accurate and more convenient digitial alternative. A commercial orchestration scheme will be required, particularly if interoperability is a priority. Once answers to these questions are agreed across industry and government, they may need to be captured in a "supplementary code" which will now be owned by the Office for Digital Identities & Attributes within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, but we look forward to supporting the rapid development of this code, ideally well ahead of the changes to the licensing laws coming into force. We have already demonstrated at the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit #GAASS in Manchester last April how a straightforward public key infrastructure can technically enable interoperability, and have been working in partnership with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (https://lnkd.in/eapnwjFR) to design and procure the necessary infrastructure. With a fair wind, continued collaboration across issuers and relying parties, and Parliamentary approval, we can launch digital proof of age for use by shoppers, drinkers, clubbers and gamblers perhaps in time for the next summit in April! Hannah Rutter Dr Charlie Harry Smith Ellery Shentall Yoti Lucidity CitizenCard Young Scot Lloyds Banking Group Post Office Ltd IDGO TOTUM by OneVoice British Beer & Pub Association Association of Convenience Stores James Lowman UKHospitality Betting and Gaming Council Select ID Ltd Age Check Certification Scheme Biometric Update https://lnkd.in/erEd_cwF
