NetIDme’s age verification system, NetID Gateway, has been accredited by the British Board of Film Classification for its new media download classification scheme. 

BBFC.online was launched in May and uses the Board’s famous ‘black cards’ and category symbols to enable users downloading new media content - video-on-demand and streamed video which is offered to the public through websites, set-top boxes and portable media devices - to judge whether it is suitable for consumption.

NetIDme Chief Executive Alex Hewitt said:

“BBFC.online is a revolutionary scheme that enables the application of the same rules in the online world that have been developed over many years to protect people in the real world.

To be one of the first companies to be accredited under the British Board of Film Classification’s scheme - and the only one capable of verifying under 18s - is a ringing endorsement of our age-verification software, which is currently used by a number of blue chip companies.” 

Andy Cooke, Business Manager for BBFC.online, said:
“We are pleased to commend NetIDme as a novel solution for our members in meeting their obligations to age-verify viewers of digital content in the 12, 15 and adult categories, whilst minimizing the exposure of younger viewers to potential abuse of their personal information.”

The BBFC.online scheme was devised after findings showed independent classification of downloadable or streaming video content, either on the internet or delivered by video-on-demand (VoD) services and via set-top-boxes, was patchy across the UK.

Independent research indicated that 63 per cent of adults (74 per cent of parents) were concerned about downloading video material which does not come with independent content advice and labelling. In addition, 84 per cent of adults (91 per cent of parents) wanted to see BBFC film and DVD classification on downloadable/streaming films and other digital audiovisual content.
BBFC.online has been developed over the past 18 months, in close partnership with the video and new media industries and the British Video Association.

The scheme also requires e-tailers and VoD services to have in place age-verification software such as that produced by NetIDme to enable parents to monitor and control underage viewing.

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Safer Internet Day is taking place on 12 February 2008 with participants from almost 40 countries across the world. Safer Internet Day is a yearly event, organised by Insafe, the European internet safety network. There are a number of activities planned for the day with the aim of celebrating safer internet use and raising awareness of the online risks that the web can pose to children. In the UK, school children will be taking part by participating in the 2008 Blogathon along with 50 other countries.

The blogathon will be launched by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, and will progress from New Zealand through Australia to Thailand and Korea then through the Middle East, Europe and South America and will end in USA and Canada. This year’s theme is ‘Life online is what YOU make of it’ and in the week following the blogathon, internet users can put questions to bloggers.

This action being seen as the first steps of allowing OpenID being used as the main login to major web sites.

Netidme is a supporter of OpenID.

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Netidme is also a supporter of the OpenID system.

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Netidme is also a supporter of the OpenID system.

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This form of internet security is already supported by NetIDme.

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Netidme is one of its many supporters. Click here for the full article