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New laws set to come into force in April will mean that popular porn sites like PornHub and RedTube will require users to sign up with their names and addresses before letting them watch videos.

The rules are a result of the Digital Economy Act 2018 and will store names, phone numbers, addresses and dates under a new system called AgeID.

Which basically mean if you want to access a porn site, you'll need to create a username and password first.

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The laws have targeted porn giant Mindgeek, which operates the following sites - all of which will now require your name and address:

PornHub

RedTube

YouPorn

Brazzers

Unsurprisingly, some other porn providers aren't too happy about it.

"You can imagine how much data that is going to give MindGeek, if they’re going to have stats on what people click on, what porn sites people click on, what they pay for," said porn site owner Pandora Blake at an Open Rights Group meeting in London last year.

"Once you’ve got a MindGeek login, you’re going to be giving them your entire web browsing history, because they’re going to be able to track every time you log in to anything."

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Privacy campaigners are naturally concerned about what might happen in the event of a security breach. Last month, VR porn site SinVR was hacked and the details of 20,000 users was stolen.

But Mindgeek says that the new AgeID platform has been built from the ground up to protect user's privacy and be fully compliant with GDPR.

"We do not store any personal data entered during the age-verification process,” a spokesperson said.

"Due to the encrypted nature of AgeID’s login credentials, such data cannot be exposed in the unlikely event of a hack."

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These new age verification rules will be policed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which also polices the age ratings that are given to mainstream films.

Jim Killock, executive director of the privacy group Open Rights Group said: "The BBFC will struggle to ensure that Age Verification is safe, secure and anonymous.

"They are powerless to ensure people’s privacy."