ODDA Workshop: Compliance for Dating Companies with the Online Safety Act in 2025

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Duration: 1hr 30 minutes

Join the many dating platforms that are setting out to meet the compliance requirements of the Online Safety Act. This interactive workshop featured regulatory experts who worked on the OSA regulations, a dating app that implemented the solution, industry analysts, the solution providers - and, most importantly, a highly engaged audience with purposeful questions. 

 

Watch the on-demand video to: 

  • Learn actionable compliance strategies to avoid fines and penalties
  • Get an in-depth view of what Ofcom expects from online services regarding the UK's Online Safety Act
  • Know about innovative, frictionless and privacy-preserving ways to verify your user's age
  • Find answers to questions your peers from the dating and discovery industry asked

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The speakers

Simon Newman ODDA
Simon Newman

Chief Executive Officer, The Online Dating and Discovery Association

Simon brings extensive experience from working at the highest levels of UK and international government. With a focus on influencing policy and ensuring the needs of members are represented to key decision-makers, Simon plays a key role in expanding ODDA's influence and supporting its diverse membership.

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George Billinge

Founder, illuminate tech

George Billinge is founder of illuminate Tech, a mission-driven research and advisory firm working to cultivate a safer, more trusted internet. Founded by former members of Ofcom’s Online Safety Group, Illuminate Tech work to lower the barriers to compliance and support the responsible design of tech platforms. Combining deep technical expertise in age assurance and digital identity technologies with nuanced insight into the digital regulatory landscape, they believe that committing to safety-by-design isn’t just the right thing to do: it can also be a core component of building a trusted brand.

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Rob Kotlarz

Founder, OneID®

Rob is a fintech founder, innovator, investor, digital identity product and market development thought leader, and entrepreneurial business development leader passionate about disruptive technologies that improve society. He is the founder of OneID® and works closely with the team that is transforming how people verify themselves online.

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Phil Beesley

Co-Founder, SIZZL

Phil founded Sizzl - a dating app that places simplicity and safety at the core of its workings. By partnering with OneID®, Sizzl is the safest dating app in the UK.

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