Description:
A practical guide to understanding, designing and governing age assurance systems, explaining real-world behaviour, trade-offs and challenges beyond simple compliance or technical checks.
Brief description: Tony Allen works at the intersection of digital identity, privacy and age assurance, with a focus on how complex systems behave in real-world environments. He has been closely involved in the development and application of age assurance approaches across industry, policy and standards contexts.Tony has contributed to international standards work, including the ISO/IEC 27566 family, and has advised organisations on the design, procurement and governance of age assurance systems. His work focuses on helping organisations make practical, proportionate and defensible decisions in areas shaped by risk, regulation and rapid technological change.Age Assurance in Practice reflects this experience, providing a structured way to understand and navigate the trade-offs inherent in modern age assurance systems.