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UK ‘porn ban’ to start in just a few weeks, and there’s still no plan to protect personal data

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 22, 2025View source ↗
The UK government’s plan to impose a ‘porn block’ by requiring stringent age verification requirements is ploughing ahead, despite no consultation on the way in which peoples’ personal data will be handled. The Digital Economy Act’s age verification requirements – and the problems they pose for data privacy, independent producers and a host of other parties – have seen no substantive changes in the last few months, and are still scheduled to come into effect “around April 1”, obscenity lawyer Myles Jackman told SEXTECHGUIDE. He did, however, add that the new regulations might not start until “around Easter weekend”, based […]
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