On June 19 2025, the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act received Royal Assent, marking a pivotal step forward in the country’s digital identity ambitions. Here’s why this legislation matters and what comes next for individuals, businesses, and verification providers. What the Data (Use and Access) Act Does A Foundation for Digital Verification Services Part […]

by Mike Kiely, Sales Director Recently, the Aristotle team had the privilege of sponsoring and attending the Payments, Fraud & Compliance Gaming Leaders’ Summit in London — an exclusive, invite-only gathering for senior leaders and decision-makers within the iGaming space. The summit brought together a unique mix of experts across regulation, compliance, fraud prevention, and […]

Teen gangs have easy access to corrosive and dangerous chemicals without any verification of identity or age and they are now using them to cause personal harm on the streets of the UK. Access to these chemicals should have affirmative age and identity checks such as those offered to online retailers by Aristotle’s Integrity. This […]

Field reporting from the Adult Entertainment Conferences XBIZ LA and AVN InterNext Aristotle Integrity recently attended XBIZ 2018 in West Hollywood and AVN InterNext 2018 in Las Vegas, two of the biggest business conferences for the Adult Entertainment market. Both conferences had a diverse range of attendees, including industry professionals from adult sites, payment processors, […]

Numerous attacks are believed, at least in part, to have been financed through multiple European businesses channels, such as blockchain/cryptocurrencies and pre-paid cards.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is proposed as the U.K.’s age verification regulator with wide reaching powers to censor those sites that do not use either credit card or accepted age-verification methodology to restrict children from accessing adult content.

As part of plans to protect children and make the online world safer for them, the Government is intending to introduce new age verification rules to all internet porn sites, according to the Birmingham Mail.

Young people are not equipped to deal with pornography. It can have a deeply damaging effect on their behavior and their understanding of consent and healthy relationships.
NSPCC research shows that by the age of 16 nearly half of young people have viewed pornography, and those children are just as likely to find it accidentally as they are to deliberately search for it.

A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun. The April 2018 goal to protect under-18s was revealed as digital minister Matt Hancock signed the commencement order for the Digital Economy Act, which introduces the requirement.