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News Bulletins  Philippines Moves Toward A New ID Card With a Supreme Court decision this spring clearing the way for the project to proceed, the government of the Philippines is planning a 2007 launch of a new identification card carrying biometric data that will replace a variety of health and benefits ID cards. Ultimately, some 25 million Filipinos could carry the new card as part of the project known as the Unified Multi-Purpose Identification System. However, the government has not decided whether the card will carry a chip, magnetic stripe or bar code, and it is possible different agencies will use different technologies. All the cards will carry a Common Reference Number, which will identify the individual to all the participating service providers. That will enable citizens to access a variety of services with a single card, says Carmelita N. Ericta, administrator of the National Statistics Office and chair of the UM-ID Technical Working Group that is overseeing the technology to be used in the project. "He does not have to present many cards, as we experience now, just to transact with government and private services," Ericta tells Card Technology. She says there will be a three-month pilot late this year, followed by a rollout in 2007. Among the first to receive the cards will be 1.3 million government employees covered by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Cards will also be distributed to those who receive health care or other benefits from such other government as the Social Security System and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. All those over the age of 18 covered by the participating programs will have to carry the ID card, some 25 million individuals. Other Filipinos over the age of 18 can choose to carry the card, as well. There are approximately 50 million Filipinos 18 and older. One side of the card will carry the Common Reference Number plus 14 pieces of information mandated by the executive order creating the program. That data includes name, address, sex, a picture, a signature, date of birth, place of birth, marital status, name of parents, height, weight, biometric data from two index fingers and both thumbs, any distinguishing marks and tax identification number. Each agency issuing the card can use the other side of the card for its own logo and any specific information it requires. To protect privacy, the data from the required fields will be held in a national database to be built by the National Statistics Office, while agency-specific data will be held by the issuing agency. (2006-06-21) |
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