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title: How to Choose an Age Assurance for Online Safety
description: As age verification becomes mandatory in many markets, digital platforms have to balance compliance, privacy and user experience.
image: https://oneid.uk/hubfs/OSA%20Age%20Assurance%20Buyers%20Guide%20Thumbnail%20.png
---

# Online Safety - Age Assurance Buyer's Guide

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#### **One guide to navigate the evolving online safety regulations worldwide.**

Regulators across the UK, EU, US, and Canada are **reshaping how platforms  
handle age verification and online safety**—especially when children and   
teens are involved. **But every region’s rules differ.** And platforms like yours   
are stuck trying to meet fast-moving expectations **without adding friction,   
drop-offs, or privacy risks.**

That’s where this guide can help.

The **Online Safety - Age Assurance Buyer's Guide** gives you clarity on what compliance looks like in 2025—and how to choose the right solution for your platform, users, and regions of operation.

##### **What you’ll learn**

- The l**atest requirements from the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)** and why it’s setting the global benchmark
- What’s expected of platforms in the **EU, US, and Canada**
- How to **assess different age assurance methods** for privacy, UX, reach, and compliance
- Why **accuracy, privacy, and minimal data use are now essential**—not optional
- The **ease of scalability and cost efficiency of having a single provider **compliant in all of your markets. 

##### **Fill in the form to download the guide.**

Get the answers you need to align your platform with global age assurance requirements, while balancing privacy and seamlessness.

# Download the Guide

 

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