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Privately

VENDOR CASE STUDY

Privately offers a lightweight, on-device facial age estimation system designed for privacy-by-design deployments, especially in youth-focused contexts such as education and family settings.

Strengths

Strong privacy by design: zero biometric retention, on-device only architecture, no cloud contact – aligns with ISO/IEC 27566 expectations. Flexible integration options with local fallback mechanisms and threshold tuning make Privately adaptable across different use cases and risk levels.

Summary of Results

Privately’s edge-based solution is a strong example of a privacy-preserving, operationally ready technology that eliminates the need for identity documents or server infrastructure – demonstrating no significant technical limitations to deployment in Australian contexts.

Privacy Policy

In addition to the structured Practice Statements, the Trial also reviewed publicly available Privacy Policies for all participating providers. This formed a key part of the Trial’s ethical due diligence and helped assess how well declared practices aligned with actual documentation and observed system behaviour.

Practice Statement

Practice Statements are formal documents submitted by participating providers, outlining how their systems function and how they claim to meet specific expectations under international and domestic standards. They offer providers an opportunity to articulate their system’s design in their own words — similar to a ‘statement of practice’ or ‘system disclosure’ used in certification and compliance contexts.

Interview

As part of the Trial’s commitment to transparency and accuracy, the team prepared a written summary of each vendor interview, capturing key points regarding system design, functionality and implementation claims. These summaries were shared with participants for review, allowing them to check, verify and suggest corrections where necessary.

Test Report

Individual Vendor Test Reports were developed for each participating provider. These reports formally document the results of the functional, usability and security evaluations carried out during the Trial and are intended to support public understanding, regulatory scrutiny and future conformity assessment or certification processes.
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