ISO 27566 Clause 5 - Framework Characteristics
Implement age assurance systems addressing all five framework characteristics: functionality, performance, privacy, security, and acceptability
Where this comes from
Provision: Clause 5 - Framework Characteristics
Instrument: ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025
Citation: ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025, Age assurance systems -- Framework, Clause 5: Framework Characteristics
Text version: ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
…unless:
- Age verification method: No age verification
Scope in the source's own terms
- Processing involves children's data
What engineering work it implies
- Age Gate with Self-DeclarationCovers part of it
Simple age verification using date of birth entry with validation and session storage.
- Parental Consent and ControlsCovers part of it
Implement verifiable parental consent for users under threshold age with ongoing parental controls.
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Implementation or documented process meets the reviewed acceptance criteria; identify the tested version and deployment status separately
- Configure defaults from the assessed source and purpose; do not enable data collection or processing merely because this task exists
- Validate behavior for the assessed actors and use cases, including applicable guest or administrator paths
- UI clearly communicates what the feature does to users
- API returns appropriate error codes when feature blocks an action
Evidence an auditor expects
- Policy documentDocument review
Age-appropriate privacy framework
Privacy framework aligned with ISO/IEC 27566 for children
Questions people ask
- Does ISO 27566 Clause 5 - Framework Characteristics apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18. It does not apply where Age verification method: No age verification.
- From when does this apply?
- ISO 27566 Clause 5 - Framework Characteristics applies from 15 January 2025. Its current status is: in force.
- What evidence does an auditor expect?
- Age-appropriate privacy framework.
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