Identity Card Privacy Fears
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US government plans, that some think are a move towards a national ID card have been criticised by a senior Homeland Security official. Chief privacy officer, Nuala O'Connor opined that "We have huge issues with managing identity and getting identification right." Speaking at cyber-security conference she cited "breeder documents" such as birth certificates and drivers licences as risks to privacy. They are issued by states but are used as identification when applying for U.S. passports which are a federal responsibility. The Department of Homeland Security may soon have the power to control states' drivers licences and identification cards.A national database would be set up to share licence information. Privacy regulations would be loosened. Consolidating such information might be construed as building a databank of identity. This could then be used as the backbone of a national identity card. Kelly was speaking at GCN.com sponsored conference. Her comments come in the wake of a new standard for an identity card for 1.6m federal employees.
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