16/04/2026
The current push by the EU for a rollout of a new age‑verification app is an overall step in the right direction 🇪🇺. It comprises a digital solution that minimises data and fully respects GDPR.
At youniqx Identity, we’ve already put this very principle into practice:
🇦🇹 In 2023 we delivered a fully digital proof‑of‑age within the national digital Id document platform for our customer .
🛂 This lets users prove their age without sharing a name, birthplace, address or any other personal data that is non‑essential for the task.
📲 Today it can be used in everyday situations – from entering clubs to buying alcohol – proving that privacy‑first verification works in the real world.
Although it is a step in the right direction, it is still unclear how the envisions the place of this new age‑verification within the EUDI ecosystem.
On the one hand, it paves the way for the upcoming EUDI wallet framework, showing that secure, data‑minimized and GDPR‑compliant verification can become the new standard across Europe. On the other hand, it contrasts with the idea of the EUDI wallet being the single, centralized digital‑ID solution.
It will be interesting to see how the integration unfolds in existing roadmaps beyond 2026/27.
Age verification app is central to EU effort to keep kids safe online.