This solution, on which the CNIL and the Arcom must still give their opinion, would be the “most robust system” and the most secure, assured the Minister Delegate in charge of Digital, Jean-Noël Barrot, Tuesday at the ‘National Assembly.
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He had suggested it at the beginning of February: Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate in charge of Digital, confirmed Tuesday, February 14 that the French government was going to set up a system allowing at the end of March to ensure the age of Internet users in order to block access to pornographic sites for minors.
“We are working to bring out an age verification solution that respects a principle of double anonymity”, he explained during a hearing before the Delegation for Children’s Rights, in the National Assembly:
“The one who provides the majority certificate does not know what it will be used for. It can be a telecom operator, a digital identity provider or any other organization likely to attest to the majority of a nobody. And the site on which the certificate is used does not know the identity of the person. This is the principle of double anonymity. “
expected opinion of the CNIL and the Arcom
This announcement comes while the National Commission for Data Protection (CNIL) and the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom) still have to publish their opinion on the technical solution recommended. “In the opinion of the Arcom as in the opinion of the CNIL, it is the most robust system, not only to resolve once and for all the question of age verification on pornographic sites, but Possibly in the future to perform other age checks on other services we want to protect our children, “said Barrot before the deputies.