Rejected petition Stop PIN protection on TV content for households with no minors.

OFCOM insists that PIN protection is implemented on all pay TV services which show age restricted material before their respective watershed. This leads to films rated 12 requiring PIN input before 20:00, and so on. For households that do not have any minors living in them, this is a major hindrance

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The PIN input ruins an expensive pay TV experience, and is not necessary in a lot of households, & also takes away parental responsibility from restricting viewing. There is a high likelihood that households with minors will share a PIN, so this control serves very little purpose apart from ruining TV services.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Broadcasting Code (which includes the requirement for PIN protection) is the responsibility of Ofcom, not the UK Government or Parliament. Ofcom is an independent regulator.

You can find out how to contact Ofcom here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/contact-us

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 11 October 2017
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