Blizzard now requires age verification on Battle.net to use chat and other social features in the UK

The debate over whether minors can access social networks is on the table, and one of the first countries to apply it has been United Kingdom. For this, the main online platforms are implementing payment systems. age verification as Person and ID.me. Blizzard has been the last to join after Discord, Roblox or PlayStation Network. Blizzard is restricting the use of some social functions if your account is not verified.

Battle.net limits chat and other social features without age verification

Battle.net has implemented this new verification system to comply with the UK Online Safety Law. This may require online verification on some account accounts. Battle.netsince unverified accounts will have limited access to some functions such as voice chattext, and other social interactions with people not on your friends list, at least until verification is complete.

The restrictions will apply to all Blizzard games that have online gaming features. Battle.net. These are included in most of them as Overwatch, Diablo, WoW, StarCraft or the Call of Duty sagaamong others.

These are the three methods to verify age at Blizzard

For age verification, Blizzard offers three methods:

• Age verification with your mobile phone providerusing your phone number to verify age through the operator.
• Credit card verificationentering your credit card details and accepting a temporary charge of 0.3 pounds.
• Official identity documentwhich you can upload to verify your age. They are valid passporthe driving license or the UK national identity card.

Blizzard assures that personal data will be deleted after verification

With any of the three options, Blizzard guarantees you total privacysince the data of your identity document will be deleted after verification, and in addition the images will be encrypted so that they cannot be intercepted, in the case of the credit card or phone number they will not be stored either, only for age verification and then they will be deleted.

A system that other countries that have proposed similar laws can follow, so we could soon see techniques of age verification similar in Spain for the use of programs with online interactions with other users.