Claire Temple - Partner // Cooley // Global Law Firm
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On 9 November 2023, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued its first set of draft guidance on the UK’s long-anticipated Online Safety Act (OSA), which aims to protect online users against illegal and harmful content. While the OSA officially became law in the UK on 26 October 2023, Ofcom – the UK’s communications regulator – will now take a three-year phased approach to implementation and enforcement. The latest draft guidance from Ofcom focuses on how certain online service p...| www.cooley.com
Age assurance plays an important role in keeping children, and their personal information, safe online. It describes tools or approaches that help estimate or assess a child’s age and therefore allows services to be tailored to their needs or access to be restricted, where required.| ico.org.uk
On 25 March 2024, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) published its research and advice to the Secretary of State (SoS) on the threshold conditions that it considers appropriate to determine whether a service falls into Category 1, 2A or 2B under the Online Safety Act (OSA). Category 1 and 2B apply to user-to-user services, whereas Category 2A applies to search services. This advice forms …| On the Record
