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  • USA: Invasive ID

    If underage drinkers find it so easy to manufacture fake IDs, what's stopping terrorists from doing the same? And why is it so simple for illegal immigrants to acquire legitimate drivers' licenses?

    These questions troubled Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis., who introduced legislation earlier this year designed to keep terrorists from using drivers' licenses as identification.

  • USA: National ID management plan draft short on details

    A draft of a national plan to manage identities on the Internet that the Obama administration released on June 25 advocates using standard credentials to prove individuals' identities online, including making sure devices and software are legitimate, but some cyber experts say the policy still leaves open security and privacy issues.

    As promised, White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt announced the release of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which will act as a "a blueprint to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and improve online privacy protections through the use of trusted digital identities."

  • USA: Papers Please

    The Real ID Act: A national ID card in disguise? Or necessary 21st-century security?

    And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. -- Revelation 13:16-18

    Comparing the Real ID Act to the so-called mark of the beast clearly is an exaggeration, though hundreds of Web sites make that exact claim. Mark of the beast or not, considerable hysteria surrounds this piece of federal legislation, signed into law May 11, 2005.

  • USA: Ready or not, here’s HSPD-12

    Beginning tomorrow, government IDs may be issued only by trusted authorities designated under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, and those receiving the cards must meet stringent new identity proofing requirements.

    One year from now, these ID cards must meet technical standards for a governmentwide smart card that can be verified across agency lines for both physical and IT system access.

  • USA: Some States Welcome National ID

    Even as rebellion grows in some state capitals against the looming Real ID mandate from Congress, proponents speaking Thursday on a panel at the RSA Conference could barely contain their enthusiasm for putting standard government-issued ID cards in the hands of all citizens.

    The Real ID Act was inserted into a must-pass military spending bill in 2005. It requires states to redesign their driver's licenses and state ID cards to meet a common federal standard, and to start sharing information with all other states -- effectively turning 50 different state-issued cards into a national ID.

  • USA: State tells lawmakers biometrics will ensure identity

    A digital photograph and contactless chip for electronic passport implementation would ensure the identity of the person carrying the document, a top State Department official said yesterday in testimony before Congress.

    Facial imaging is the first generation of biometric identifiers, and is consistent with International Civil Aviation Organization standards, said Frank Moss, deputy assistant secretary of State for consular affairs. Moss made his statement during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity.

  • USA: The Case for a Digital Social Security Card

    Is it time for a Social Security card makeover? Not the whole program, just the card. Today, the Social Security card is a piece of paper with a number on it that probably sits in a drawer at home. Social Security numbers, on the other hand, are all over the place. Employers, banks, credit card issuers and bureaus, insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, government agencies and others use Social Security numbers to identify all of us.

    The problem is that the Social Security number is very vulnerable to theft and misuse, even though it is the foundation of almost every U.S. citizen's identity. A paper card certainly does nothing to help protect the Social Security number printed on it.

  • Uzbek biometric passports to be updated every ten years

    Uzbek citizens will now have to update their passports every ten years under Uzbekistan’s new biometric passport system, the Uzbek Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.

    Uzbekistan is making the change to comply with standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which sets the requirements for international travel documents.

    Biometric passports have enhanced security features that can be read using electronic devices to verify holders’ nationalities.

  • Uzbekistan adding biometrics to its passports

    The Uzbek government has announced a plan to install new biometric devices to help with the process of creating passports.

    The new biometric scanners are capable of recording an individual's biometric features in one pass through the machine, double-checking them and printing the information into a passport book, TradingMarkets.com reports.

    The first stage of the program, which will begin in 2011, will focus on creating biometric passports for government workers, individuals travelling abroad and select citizens.

  • Vietnam to digitise national database

    Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Vietnam has recently revealed the project to digitise basic information of all citizens and include them in the national database on population and in national ID cards by late 2020.

    This plan is a part of an overall scheme to simplify the government’s administrative procedures, personal papers and database related to population management during the 2013-2020 period, recently approved by the PM.

  • Visa and banks tap India's biometric ID system for new account

    Visa and a group of Indian banks are tapping the country's biometrics-based national identity system to bring financial services and electronic payments to tens of millions of people.

    The 'Saral Money' account from Visa, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Icici Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and the State Bank of India is designed to solve the long-standing problem of how to authenticate the many millions of Indians without existing bank accounts or adequate forms of ID.

    It taps into the government's Adhaar national identity system - which uses fingerprint and iris biometric information - to verify users and authorise payments.

  • VN: Ministry of Public Security to collect fingerprints for ID cards

    The Ministry of Public Security is expected to synchronously collect fingerprints for citizen identity card (ID card) across the country under new method and use electronic chip cards for high security and faster processing speed, integrating utilities during the usage process from November 1.

    This information was released at an online conference between the departments of public security of 63 provinces and cities belonging to the Central yesterday.

  • We Don’t Trust UID with Our Data: India Inc

    The government is likely to sort out differences between the home ministry and Planning Commission over data collection for UID cards this week.

    The Nandan Nilekani-led UID project has been touted as the world’s largest, most advanced, biometric database of personal identities. And many believe, according to reports, that the UID is meant to be more secure than the US’ Social Security Number (SSN).

    In the absence of a coherent privacy law, Indian CISOs aren’t buying that. “Even SSNs have been misused by criminals for years. The flaw of any personal identification project is that when you input data into a database, there must be an assured mechanism in place. Fingerprints have inherent inaccuracies as a proof of identification and retina scans make data storage requirements much higher,” says security and privacy expert Deepak Rout. “If you don’t provide enough security, then chaos is inevitable.”

  • What it takes for Singapore’s digital ID system to succeed

    Strong data protection measures and private sector collaboration will be instrumental to the success of Singapore’s upcoming national digital identification system

    Singapore’s upcoming government-led national digital ID system needs strong private sector participation and security safeguards to succeed, according to Gemalto, a digital security specialist.

  • What's Next for India's Epic UID Project?

    The country's ambitious citizen identification project is moving ahead despite some concerns.

    India's ambitious Unique Identification Card (UID) project is expected to improve security once it is issued to all citizens in the country. Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) task is to create the world’s largest biometric database. To collect pictures and fingerprints of 1.2 billion people is a huge task that will go on for years.

    About 600 million people, or half of India's population are likely to get “Unique Identification Numbers (UIN)” within the next five years, as per UIDAI. This will sync all the different aspects of Indian Citizens, like passports, ration cards, pan cards (for permanent account number, required for financial transactions in India) and the like. This project is expected to be a turning point for India’s automation and e-governance efforts.

  • Why India's identity scheme is groundbreaking

    In an audacious technological mission, India is building a near foolproof database of personal biometric identities for nearly a billion people, something that has never been attempted anywhere in the world.

    Poorer Indians who have no proof to offer of their existence will leapfrog into a national online system, another global first, where their identities can be validated anytime anywhere in a few seconds.

    "India will outdo the world's biggest biometric databases including those of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US-VISIT visa programme," says Nandan Nilekani, the technology tycoon who heads the programme popularly called by its acronym UIDAI.

  • Widerstand gegen ID-Nummernverquickung in Frankreich

    Im Zuge des Ausbaus des französischen Telematiksystems rund um die Carte Vitale 2 zeichnet sich in Frankreich Widerstand gegen Pläne ab, die lebenslang gültige Sozialversicherungsnummer als Kenn-Nummer für die elektronische Gesundheitsakte zu verwenden. Anfang Dezember hat sich eine Initiative gebildet, die Unterschriften gegen die datenschutzrechtlich bedenkliche Verquickung sammelt. Dies berichtet EDRIgram, der Newsletter für digitale Bürgerrechte in Europa.

  • Worry over India's biometric database

    A lawyer is urging people to boycott the world's largest biometric database, which is being introduced across India.

    The controversial programme aims to scan the eyes and take the fingerprints of most of the population over the next decade.

    Each person will then be given a 12-digit number. They will be able to use the number - which serves as a key to their biometric data - to prove their identity and access India's sprawling welfare state.

  • ZA: How smart are these cards?

    The new ID smartcards are a coup for the Home Affairs Department, Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and for South Africa in general.

    Last Wednesday Dlamini-Zuma unveiled the credit card-size cards, which will encode personal and biometric information.

    Dlamini-Zuma said the smartcard would allow citizens to have a modern identification card rather than an ID book, which was easy to forge.

  • ZA: National ID cards: playing for high stakes

    Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is making headway on the national ID card project, more than a decade after they were first proposed. The scheme will replace existing green ID books with smart card IDs, intended to reduce fraud and enable a suite of new services in the public and private sectors.

    The project has had a troubled path since inception. In 2001, Cabinet approved a programme to launch identity cards. The project has been in the Department of Home Affairs' budget since, but languished for years until 2008, when the “Who Am I Online” initiative, intended to upgrade the DHA's IT infrastructure and pave the way for a centralised identity programme, was brought short and eventually cancelled, after irregularities in the tender process were brought to light. A bitter spat between the department and Gijima, over spiralling costs, went to the courts, before Gijima settled, and was reinstated as the supplier.

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