Age verification, myths, and eIDAS 2.0 - watch on demand

Age checks used to be an afterthought. A simple checkbox. A weak barrier. Now they sit at the center of one of the hardest questions in European digital policy:

How do we protect users and keep platforms accountable without turning digital life into surveillance?

On December 8th 2025, Partisia hosted a live webinar on this exact topic. The session is now available on demand. If you work with digital identity, regulation, or platform design, you can watch the full recording by filling out the form on the webinar page.

Watch the age verification webinar on demand

Why age verification is suddenly everyone’s problem

The political debate in Denmark and across the EU has moved fast. Lawmakers want stronger protection for minors. Platforms are under pressure to prove they are not looking the other way. At the same time, no one wants mandatory ID logins for every small action online.

This tension is visible in the way people talk about the new EU digital identity framework and the EUDI Wallet. Myths and half-truths spread quickly, especially around age checks and tracking.

In the webinar, we unpack some of the most common claims, including:

• “It will be possible for states to track users’ behavior using the EUDI Wallet.”
• “If ZKPs are included, cybercriminals will remain anonymous while committing crimes online.”
• “eIDAS is just another regulatory burden.”
• “Person Identification Data (PID) always allows tracking and full identification.”

Some of these claims are wrong. Some are partially true. Some point to real risks but miss the technical detail. The session separates what the law actually says and what modern cryptography can and cannot do.

What you will learn in the on-demand webinar

Myths vs facts in the age verification debate

We look at how age verification is being discussed in public, where arguments go off track, and which trade-offs are real. That includes the difference between simple age checks and full identity disclosure, and how each affects privacy.

What eIDAS 2.0 means in practice

eIDAS 2.0 is not just a legal document. It changes how identity and attributes are handled across the EU. The webinar explains how the new rules affect Denmark and the wider Union, with a focus on age assurance and digital identity.

How cryptography can confirm age without collecting identity

Most people still think of age checks in terms of ID uploads, centralized IDs, or telecom-based lookups. The session shows how techniques such as Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) can confirm that a user is over a certain age without revealing who they are or letting platforms track their behavior across sites.

Who carries responsibility - state, companies, or technology

The debate around age verification is not just technical. It is also political and ethical. The webinar looks at how responsibility is currently distributed and what happens if regulators lean too hard on either central IDs or weak self-declaration models.

How to protect vulnerable users without killing online freedom

One extreme is full ID login for everything. The other is a meaningless checkbox. Neither is acceptable. The session walks through approaches that protect minors and vulnerable users while still respecting basic rights, including privacy and freedom of information.

A simple example: why “just use MitID” is not enough

Imagine you have to log in with MitID just to read a recipe for your favorite drink. Technically, this keeps underage users out. It also gives the site more information about you than it needs, and it normalises strong identity checks for simple content.

Now flip to the other extreme: a site with nothing more than “I am over 18” on a checkbox. This protects no one.

These two cases frame the core problem. The webinar examines what sits between them: privacy-preserving age checks that do not turn every interaction into a traceable identity event.

Who this on-demand webinar is for

This session is aimed at people who need more than headlines and loose opinions:

• Politicians and decision-makers working with digital regulation and eIDAS 2.0
• Lawyers, compliance officers, and data protection specialists who want a clear picture of the rules
• Security and risk teams responsible for identity and access design
• NGOs and researchers working on children’s rights, digital culture, and democracy
• Product managers and architects in platforms with age-gated content or features

If you have to make decisions about age-gating, identity, or data retention, this recording is for you.

Speakers

• Carsten Baum - Associate Professor in Computer Science at DTU and Aarhus University
• Peter F. Frandsen - COO, Partisia
• Moderator: Sofie Krabbe

They combine practical experience with academic depth: modern cryptography, real regulatory work, and the business reality of building systems that have to work under pressure.

Watch the recording and get access to the material

The full webinar is available on demand. To access the recording, simply fill out the form. You will receive instant access to the video and supporting information.

 Why this matters for your organisation

Regulation is moving. Public pressure is growing. At the same time, the technical options have finally caught up with the theory. It is now possible to design systems that prove age and other attributes without collecting and storing more personal data than needed.

That shift matters because it changes your risk profile. If you do not hold sensitive data, you cannot leak it. If you design verification flows around privacy from the start, you do not have to retrofit costly fixes later.

The webinar shows how privacy-preserving techniques such as Zero Knowledge Proofs fit into this picture, and how they can be combined with wider approaches like Multi-Party Computation to support secure, compliant data collaboration.

For a deeper written overview of the same theme, you can also read our blog on age checks: Enable age verification while protecting both safety and privacy.

Looking for something else? Watch all webinars

This session is part of a broader series. At Partisia, we run focused live events on digital identity, privacy-preserving computation, financial crime, and EU regulation. Every recording is added to our on-demand library once the live session ends.

That means you can:

• Catch up on past webinars when it fits your schedule
• Share links internally as short, structured learning sessions
• Use specific episodes to align product, compliance, and security teams around the same base facts

From the EU AI Act to the European Business Wallet (EUBW) and secure identity verification, the archive covers topics that will shape how regulated firms operate over the next few years.

Browse all Partisia webinars on demand

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