Day Three (4 Feb)
Your first online safety assessments: step-by-step guide to compliance
Day Three (4 Feb)
Your first online safety assessments: step-by-step guide to compliance
14:30 – 15:05 (GMT): How to complete your illegal content risk assessment and protect your users with digital toolkit demo
We start with a short recap of the rules now in force, including the illegal content risk assessment and safety duties, and Ofcom’s Codes of Practice. We explain the steps you need to take to comply with a step-by-step demonstration of our new digital support service designed with SMEs in mind and accessible to everyone online.
| For more, join our deep dive sessions on what our policies mean for low risk and high risk services (16:35), as well as adult services (17:25) on Wed 5 February. |
Session highlights:
- Reminder of the rules, illegal content risk assessments and codes of practice
- How the digital toolkit can help you with compliance
15:15 – 15:45 (GMT): Illegal content risk assessments and Codes of Practice
Dedicated question and answer session with Ofcom’s experts on your pre-submitted questions related to illegal content risk assessments and codes of practice. There will also be opportunities to ask questions on the day.
16:00 – 16:35 (GMT): How to carry out your children’s access assessments and the role of age assurance
Find out how to carry out your children’s access assessment, which determines whether the children’s risk assessment and safety duties will apply to you.
We will also outline our guidance on highly effective age assurance – an important part of the Act’s protections for children which we expect certain services to implement in 2025.
The session will focus on the practical steps that services need to take to comply with their duties.
| For more, join our deep dive sessions on what our policies mean for low risk and high risk services (16:35), as well as adult services (17:25) on Wed 5 February. |
Session highlights:
- Introduction to the protection of children duties with a focus on the new children’s access assessment duties, including the concept and role of highly effective age assurance (HEAA)
- Step by step guide to the children’s access assessment – the different stages of the process and the evidence you may need to consider
- Introduction to highly effective age assurance – our approach and why it matters for the CAA
16:45 – 17:20 (GMT): Q&A: Children’s access assessments and age assurance
| For more on age assurance join our deep dive session on what our policies mean for adult services on Wed 5 February at 17:25 |