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JOHN HEDGES
AN PHOBLACHT EDITOR
Sinn Fin Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald (pictured) accused the Fine
Gael/Independent Government of introducing a mandatory national ID
card by the back door.
It is, Mary Lou said, a textbook example of a government that believes it is
not accountable to the people.
There has been no Dil debate on the Public Services Card becoming a
compulsory ID card.
The Sinn Fin deputy leader asked:
Where is the necessary public scrutiny and debate regarding the very
significant privacy and data protection rights concerns associated with the
introduction of a mandatory national ID card? Mary
On what legal basis are departmental agencies enabled to make the Public
Services Card a mandatory requirement?
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has called for the Government to clarify if the
Public Services Card is now the only acceptable form of ID for Government
departments.
ICCL Executive Director Liam Herrick said:
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http://www.welfare.ie/en/p
ressoffice/Pages/pr250817.a
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Statement on Public
Services Card 25th August
2017
http://www.welfare.ie/en/p
ressoffice/pdf/pr250817.pdf
Regina Doherty says public
services card now
mandatory for welfare
Minister for Social Protection says other Government
departments will make card compulsory
about 11 hours ago Updated: about 7 hours ago
Elaine Edwards, Vivienne Clarke
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty says public services card is now
mandatory to access payments from her department.
The Minister for Social Protection has confirmed that the Public Services
Card is now mandatory in order to access services from her department.
Regina Doherty claimed the card is not compulsory as "nobody is required by
law" to have one.
She confirmed however that government departments will refuse to provide
citizens with the basic public services they are entitled to if they refuse to sign up.
"Nobody will drag you kicking and screaming," she said.
"This is mandatory to access public services originally now from the Department
of Social Protection - but I understand there are other departments that are going
to make it mandatory."
Minister Doherty was speaking on Newstalk Breakfast after it was revealed that a
woman in her 70s was refused her state pension because she did not want to
sign up for the card.
She said the legislation introducing the card was passed in 2005 - adding that her
department has made it compulsory in recent years so that staff can verify
people's identities.
Previously, passports were used to verify identities.
She said Department of Social Protection services amount to over 20bn per
year:
We believe [...] that it is not too much to ask people to authenticate who you are
so that we can give you a fast and efficient public service to make sure you get
what you are entitled to," she said.
Biometric Card
The Public Services Card is capable of containing detailed biological data
including facial recognition, fingerprints and eye scans.
The contract to provide the cards was awarded to a private company, Biometric
Card Services. The state will reportedly receive a discount on that deal if 3 million
identity cards are issued by the end of this year.
Approximately 2.75 million have been issued to date.
National identity cards are compulsory in a number of European countries -
where citizens can be arrested for failing to produce them.
Civil liberties groups have warned that the compulsory requirement to carry them
has the potential to be "used a tool of petty harassment" by law enforcement.
http://www.newstalk.com/Minister-says-Public-Services-Card-mandatory-but-
not-compulsory
http://www.newstalk.com/G
overnment-denies-attempt-
to-introduce-national-ID-
card-by-stealth
Minister says woman in
Public Services Card row
should be paid her pension
It's reported that the woman is owed in the region of 13,000
due to the dispute
23 Aug 2017
Stephen McNeice
NEWS
http://www.newstalk.com/Mi
nister-says-woman-in-
Public-Services-Card-row-
should-be-paid-her-pension
Social Protection Minister Defends Public Services
Card Policy
25th August 2017
Minister Says Public Service Cards Are
Mandatory For Those Who Want To Claim
Money From The State.
08/25/2017
The Social Protection Minister says the new public services card isn't compulsory but it is
mandatory for those who wish to claim money from the government.
A woman in her 70's was refused 13,000 in pension payments over a period of 18 months
because she didn't want to sign up a card.
The card is not required by law, but government departments can ask that you produce it in
order to avail of their services.
Minister Regina Doherty has been explaining why her department requires claimants to have
the card
service-cards-are-mandatory-those-who-want-claim
Social Protection
Minister Regina Doherty
defends controversial
public services ID card
The scheme has been slammed as 'effectively mandatory' and
lacking transparency
BYJAMES WARD
12:51, 25 AUG 2017
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty T
The Government have been accused of introducing a
national identity card by the backdoor, without any legal
basis.
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty took to the
airwaves today to defend the controversial public services
card, but struggled to explain how it is not mandatory.
She told Newstalk: For my department its mandatory and I know people
might say Im splitting hairs but actually because of the high value of the
public services that the department (gives out) - we give out over 20 billion
every year and actually it wasnt brought in by this government, the
legislation was brought in in 2005 so 12 years ago this has been in the
process.
We believe that its not too much to ask people to authenticate who you are
so that we can give you a fast and efficient public service to make sure you
get what youre entitled to. And thats all the SAFE (card registration) process
is.
So therefore, youre not obliged to have a card. Nobody will drag you kicking
and screaming to have a card.
Ms Doherty did not explain why valid passports or drivers licenses - which are
issued by the Government - are not an acceptable form of identification for
accessing public services.
She questioned the legislative basis for the card, with Ms Doherty already
having admitted that nobody is required by law to have the card.
There has been absolutely no public debate or scrutiny on this issue which
fundamentally affects the privacy of every citizen in the State.
Where is the legislative basis for requiring people to have a Public Services
Card before they can access all public services including pensions?
Liam Herrick, executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, said the
card was being made essential to access services that are essential for basic
human rights and participation in society.
The card scheme came in for renewed criticism this week after it emerged
that a woman in her 70s had her State pension cut off because she refused to
register for a card.
She has not been paid her pension for 18 months because she refused to go
through the registration and identity-verification process as requested by the
Department of Social Protection. As a result she is owed about 13,000.
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/regina-doherty-
national-id-card-11052496
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0825/899911-public-
service-card-scheme/
The Majority of Irish aren't a bright lot at all. No wonder they fell for this trick.
You would believe any ould claptrap they tell you and you do it without question.
Even when you claim not to trust these politicians, you betray yourselves because you
actually do trust them otherwise you would be up in arms over the process by which they
introduced this card.
In the end you will do as you are told as you always do...
Any surplus on the card will be wiped off when the next payment is
applied, so it is will be up to SW recipients to insure they use up all the
credits on their card.
If you owe a fine it will be deducted from the amount on the card in
installments. If say you have outstanding motor tax it will be deducted
in installments at the the higher installment rate, INCLUDING
ARREARS.( Ref: Civil Debt Bill).
Elaine Edwards
Updated: Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 06:59
A woman in her 70s has not been paid her State pension
for 18 months because she refused to register for a public
services card.
As a result, she is owed some 13,000.
The woman, who did not wish to be named, told The Irish
Times she felt bullied following several letters from the
Department of Social Protection inviting her to register.
Many public bodies have increasingly been using the card
to validate peoples identities for the purposes of
delivering services. About 2.75 million have been issued to
date but Ministers have insisted the card is not
compulsory.
However, civil rights groups have described it as a
national identity card by the back door.
The woman had told officials that she would get the card if
they could show her it was mandatory but nothing had
been produced to show her that this was the case.
She said when she first learned that she was entitled to a
non-contributory pension of 166 per week, as well as her
contributory pension, officials had called to her house to
verify her details, including her marriage certificate.
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However, the department cut the non-contributory
pension off when she refused to register for the card. She
went through an appeals process in efforts to restore the
weekly payment but her appeal was declined.
She said she had also been told she would not be entitled
to back payments of the amount owed, even if she
registered at this point. The pension amounts to more
than 13,000 for about 80 weeks of non-payment.
She has recently contacted Minister for Social Protection
Regina Doherty to look into her case. The Ministers
constituency office said it could not discuss an individual
case.
Asked whether the card was now mandatory, the
Department of Social Protection said welfare legislation
required a person to satisfy the minister as to their
identity and allows disqualification from receipt of a
benefit in the event that it is not done.
It was not possible for a person to satisfy the minister as to
his or her identity without being registered in a process
which results in them being issued with a public services
card. The registration process is known as SAFE 2.
The Department of Social Protection makes it clear to
customers in receipt of social welfare payments that they
do need to register to SAFE 2 to access, or continue to
access, a social welfare entitlement, the department said.
It said the majority accepted the importance of, and need
for, the robust SAFE 2 identify verification process when
in receipt of a social welfare entitlement.
The decision to suspend or stop a payment is never made
lightly. However, where a customer does not satisfy the
Minister in relation to identity as required as per the
legislative requirements outlined above, a payment can be
stopped or suspended.
It said the appeals office operated independently of the
department.
The department said it did not collect data on the number
of individuals who had had payments suspended or
stopped by reason of failing to complete the registration
process. It was a matter for each public body how it
implemented the SAFE 2 standard for services.
In March last year, the card became a requirement for all
first-time passport applicants. It was introduced as a
requirement for applicants for citizenship in September
2016 and as a requirement for driver theory test applicants
last June.
It will shortly be required for all passport and driving
licence applications.
The total cost of the public services card project will have
reached about 60 million by the end of 2017.
The Government willget a 5 per cent discount on the
contract if more than three million cards are produced by
the end of this year.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/woman-s-pension-cut-after-
she-refuses-to-get-public-services-card-
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-
affairs/public-services-cards-the-case-for-
and-against-1.3195028
TDs fear new data
protection rules will hamper
constituency work
Oireachtas members will still be entitled to access
electoral registers
Tue, Aug 22, 2017,
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has written to TDs and
Senators asking them to submit any queries through a dedicated email
address about how the GDPR will impact on their role.
There is also concern among some Oireachtas members that the use of the
so-called marked register could be restricted when the new laws are in place.
Available to purchase for six months after every election, the marked register
records the names and address of those who have voted and those who have
not.
Hard copies are destroyed once six months have passed, but some political
parties and individual politicians have computerised the information to
maintain records stretching back over many elections.
Those who access the records must sign a declaration undertaking not to
process the information provided for any commercial, direct marketing, or any
other non-statutory purpose and to comply with the provisions of the Data
Protection Acts.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/tds-
fear-new-data-protection-rules-will-hamper-
constituency-work-
1.3193728?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-
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data-protection-rules-will-hamper-
constituency-work-1.3193728
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le/639271/Providing_a_cross-border_civil_judicial_cooperation_framework.pdf
Civil liberties and race relations groups have demanded the Metropolitan Police Service abandon plans
to deploy cameras equipped with facial recognition technology at this months Notting Hill Carnival.
The coalition which includes Liberty, Privacy International, StopWatch and Black Lives Matter has
written to the Met, warning that scanning the faces of thousands of attendees and capturing their
images has no basis in law, could lead to discriminatory policing, and represents a gross violation
of carnival-goers privacy.
No law, no oversight
The police intend to monitor crowds at the Notting Hill Carnival using cameras equipped with facial
recognition technology.
The biometric software scans the faces of passers-by, creating maps of unique facial characteristics that
are as uniquely identifying as fingerprints. The scans will be measured and compared to images on an
unknown database, the origin of which has not been disclosed by the Metropolitan Police.
In todays letter, the concerned groups urge Commissioner Cressida Dick to scrap the plan,
highlighting:
There are no laws, no rules and no oversight for facial recognition technology not to mention the
serious concerns about its accuracy. It is a shady enterprise neither our MPs nor the public have
consented to or know enough about.
There are significant doubts as to whether deploying this technology in public spaces can ever be
lawful especially without proper Parliamentary debate. The Met must urgently abandon its plans so
that the thousands of people hoping to enjoy the carnival weekend know their police force will protect
their human rights.
Notes to editors
Oversight:
http://www.thejournal.ie/regina-doherty-public-services-card-3564489-
Aug2017/?utm_source=facebook_short
This PSC is a biometric ID card, despite what lies the government tells about it. It is
all but compulsory at the moment. Some OAPs have lost part of their pensions
because the wont sigh up to it.
The problem with this PSC is that it enables the government to bypass and ignore
the very stringent EU legislation on the protection of personal data.
It this card was in use at the time IW was looking for PPS numbers, they would have
found it easy to obtain from those with this card. In fact those with this card would
have known nothing about it.
EU legislation states that government depts may not share personal data between
depts, or any businesses without the express permission of the owner of that data.
There is also the constitutional issues involved surrounding ID cards being ignored
by passing this biometric ID card off as a PSC.
Any wonder people are suspicious of getting these cards when they are fed this bs
double speak!
Defination of mandatory:
The big deal is that the government is sidestepping the legislature and essentially
mandating that everyone must have this identity card. Its a big shift in policy and
should at the least have a democratic mandate from the parliament.
The Home Office appears to have invented a 30 'Passport Lite' - possibly accidentally, given that a
severe decline in the numbers of people paying for the the full-price passport (which we can perhaps
now call the Passport World Traveller) would make its ID card costings looks even more implausible.
The existence or non-existence of 'Passport Lite' hinges on whether or not the UK ID card will be valid
as a document for international travel and, according to the Home office, it will be.
As we say, this could well be an accident, because although national ID cards are widely used as travel
documents within the EU and, therefore, there is no logical reason why a UK national ID card shouldn't
be valid in just the same way, the Government currently expects to receive 93 for ID card and
passport from around 80 per cent of the population. If large numbers of people felt they could manage
without full passports then this won't happen, because these people will only be paying 30.
Conspiracy theorists may conjure with the thought that this 30 'bargain' has been cooked up in order
to bolster crumbling support for ID cards, but we feel that would be a desperate measure too far.
In any event, the relevant text, in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill, was probably drawn
up before the Government knew ID cards were in trouble. Section 25 of the Bill, Proof of Right of
Abode, amends the Immigration Act 1971's list of the documents that can be used as proof of right of
abode when entering the UK by adding "an ID card issued under the Identity Cards Act 2006
describing him as a British citizen."
Yes, we know, the Identity Cards Act 2006 does not currently exist, and this is further proof that the
Government regards Parliament as a tiresome formality, but this is established - press on. According to
the Home Office, under the 1971 Act, right of abode in the UK "means that you are entirely free from
United Kingdom immigration control. You do not need to obtain the permission of an immigration
officer to enter the United Kingdom..." but "you must prove your claim" by production of either a
passport describing you as as UK citizen or UK and Colonies citizen with right of abode, or a
certificate of entitlement. A certificate of entitlement, incidentally, is a sticker for putting in other kinds
of passport. The amendment in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill simply adds the ID card
to the list, so as and when (or if) ID cards ship, whipping one out will provide sufficient evidence for
you to whip past UK immigration control.
There are some limitations, and some possibilities to consider. The new wording ought to mean that
you can enter the UK on a UK ID card, but your ability to use it as your sole travel document will
depend on whether other countries will let you enter or exit on it. There ought not to be much of a
problem with this in the EU, because in those cases where documentation is actually demanded
national ID cards are usually acceptable (and we've heard from one reader whose UK army ID card
was "accepted across Europe as a national ID card" which he could use at border control), but
elsewhere it may not be so easy. The US, however, would like to have the ability to read UK ID cards,
and for some reason we do seem usually to give them what they'd like. Which might have odd
implications.
If the US is going to read UK ID cards, it's mainly going to want to read them at border control, right?
The information on UK ID cards is going to be essentially the same as on UK biometric passports, with
the initial variation that the first generation of biometric passports will not include fingerprint.
Therefore, the ID card will be more likely to provide the US immigration authorities with the data it
wants than the earlier biometric passports. So the US ought to prefer an ID card over a passport.
This points us towards a logical conclusion. The US-G8-EU vision of the biometric future is of a world
where machine-read biometrics ID everybody. This requires, obviously, that everybody's readers read
everybody's cards, plus a level of compatibility between different countries' cards, and a level of data
interchange between countries. Now, if in that world everybody has interoperable ID cards and
everybody has readers that will read them, what's a passport for? It's only there because it's currently
the only single international standard for travel (which could change in the longer term), and in the UK,
in order to provide a fictional* justification for charging people shedloads of money.
Fortunately the brave new biometric world will never go fully live, and stands a pretty good chance of
crashing and burning before doing so as far as the EU and US are concerned. Nor does it seem
absolutely certain that the UK ID Cards Bill will even make it onto the statute book, never mind
actually work/ship. Nevertheless, the total demise of the UK scheme would not of itself turn the clock
back. Take the ID scheme out of the equation and we still have the US, the EU and the G8 committed
to widespread use of biometric ID. In the EU we will still have a biometric visa system (with
accompanying database and data exchange), biometric ID cards for resident non-EU nationals, and the
intent to produce an EU standard for biometric ID cards. Tony Blair regards biometric ID as inevitable,
and he should know, given that he's one of the ones who'll make it so, if they're not stopped.
* You may recall that last year, when the Home Office announced it would issue separate biometric ID
cards and biometric passports (which it was always going to do anyway), it claimed this was in
response to public demand. As we noted at the time, the public demand stemmed from the
Government's own dubious surveys and focus groups, and the results of these, published by the Home
Office alongside version one of the ID Cards Bill, actually showed that what the public (or what they
were passing off as the public) actually wanted was a combined passport and ID card. We seem to
recall also noting at the time that telling them where to shove their ID cards wasn't an available option.
http://www.theregister.co.u
k/2005/07/08/id_card_as_
passport/
UK-EU-BREXIT: Confidentiality and access to
documents Position paper
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/aug/uk-eu-
brexit-docs-access.pdf
UK-EU-IRELAND: British government proposals:
Northern Ireland and Ireland: Position paper
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/aug/uk-eu-
n-ireland-ireland.pdf
BLACK LIVES MATTER
US Government Accountability Office found that
facial recognition algorithms used by the FBI are
inaccurate almost 15 per cent of the time and are
more likely to misidentify female and black people.
http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2017/NIST.IR.
8173.pdf
https://publications.parliam
ent.uk/pa/cm201415/cmsele
ct/cmsctech/734/734.pdf
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/woman-s-pension-cut-after-
she-refuses-to-get-public-services-card-1.3194216
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Travel pass
Hell need this card with him every time he wants to travel.
My concern would be that he has lost his pass numerous
times. And this thing will have his PPS number on it. What if
he loses it? It will take away his independence, she says.
But we have to go and do this because if we dont theyll cut
off his payments. Ill be very interested to see how theyre
going to deal with him. Between this and the pensioner who
had her payments cut, its a form of bullying.
It just doesnt feel very nice, it makes you feel like some kind
of beggar. Well I dont see either myself or my child as
beggars.
Read More: Pretty soon youre
going to need this card to do a whole
load of important things in Ireland
but why?
Im making this decision reluctantly. Its not a decision I
agree with or am in favour of. Like where is this information
going? How will my sons data be used, or abused? Carol
adds. They say its not compulsory, well I intend to ask
them how it isnt.
In response to a request for comment on the matter, a
spokesperson for the Department of Social Protection said it
is unable to comment on individual cases.
The Department has been writing to its customers advising
them of the need to get the new free travel card, describing
the registration process, inquiring firstly as to their ability
to attend the face-to-face PSC registrations process, and
asking if they have special requirements, they continued.
Customers are being asked to contact the Department in this
regard in the first instance to advise of their particular
circumstances so that the Department can make the
necessary accommodations required to help customers
undertake the process.
Personally I think its an identity card, but snuck in through
the back door, says Carol.
There was never really any Dil discussion on it, and theyre
still denying its an ID card, but thats what it is.
The PSC or its free travel variant is not a National ID Card
as it doesnt bear any of the characteristics of such a card, is
Social Protections response to this contention.
Ratifying the Convention
Carol has another take on her son being required to get a
PSC.
This is an identity card as far as Im concerned, so will it
give my son an actual identity? she asks. Because I feel
hes had no rights or identity of his own since the day he was
born.
A recent article for TheJournal.ie by Tom Clonan, himself
father to a son living with disabilities, called on the
government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of
People with Disabilities. At present, Ireland is the only EU
member to have failed to do so.
I fully support Tom Clonan on this. The fact is our children
have no rights. Im an older parent. Im thinking: who will
look after my son when Im gone? Who will make these
decisions for him then?
This brings up more concerns than just an identity card it
raises the matter of identity. Will it give my son the rights
hes entitled to? she adds.
Carol believes that Ireland hasnt ratified the Convention
because if they do it means they have to deliver on it.
If you speak to anyone with a child with disabilities in this
country, youd see that their rights are their chief concern,
she says.
In this country we rely on charity and goodwill for the good
of our children. But if my child has an identity card, will he
now have rights?
http://www.thejournal.ie/disabilities-public-services-card-carol-brady-
3561359-Aug2017/
The 60 million Euro question. Why do we allow this?
Seems this post was taking down from the page I wonder why
They knew about it all the time and still refused to use it as their defense in the Injunction cases??
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/20/enacted/en/p
df
NEWS
If you require it in order to get a drivers licence in order to get to work, or to get a
passport in order to go on holidays with your family, then it is mandatory even if
the state is saying otherwise, he said.
He told Newstalk Breakfast that while he can see benefits to a national ID card
system, it cannot be introduced by stealth, without appropriate debate and
transparency.
The PSC card was rolled out in on a pilot basis in 2011.
It was initially issued to social welfare recipients with the Department of Social
Protection threatening anyone who refused to obtain the card with a suspension
of payment.
The card has now been issued to over 2.5 million Irish citizens.
National security
In a statement this morning, Minister Donohoe claimed that the ID cards are in
the best interest of Irelands national security.
"Government has an obligation to deploy the most robust means of online and
physical identity verification possible to ensure that it is doing all it can to reduce
fraud, impersonation and the risk of identity theft in the delivery and accessing of
public services," he said.
The minister is hopeful he will be able to get his new Data Sharing and
Governance Bill passed this year before the EU General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018.
A draft version of the bill is due for debate in the Oireachtas Committee on
Finance tomorrow.
Mr OBrien said that done right, it could be a very good thing but warned there is
an incredible lack of controls and transparency in the legislation as it stands.
You can listen back to Mr O'Brien's full appearance on Newstalk Breakfast
http://www.newstalk.com/Government-denies-attempt-to-introduce-national-
ID-card-by-stealth
Court of Justice of the European ... for private life and to the protection of
personal data, ... The Court observes first of all that the data to be retained ...
The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention D irective to be invalid It
entails a wide - ranging and particularly serious interference with the
fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal
data, without that interference being limited to what is strictly necessary
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-
04/cp140054en.pdf
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE'S ... TRANSFER OF PERSONAL NAME RECORD
DATA, ... two suits in the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Parliament's first
case
http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1598&context=ilsajourn
al
When living or travelling outside the EU, you might sometimes need help from your embassy or
consulate, e.g. in case you have lost all your belongings or have been victim of a crime.
But what happens if your country has no diplomatic or consular representation in the country where
you are?
Under EU law, as an "unrepresented EU citizen", you're entitled to help from any other EU Member
State's embassy or consulate - under the same conditions as this EU country helps its own nationals.
This website aims to provide you with general information about the right of unrepresented EU citizens
to consular protection in third countries under the same conditions as the nationals of that EU country.
It also helps you to find out whether your national state has an embassy or consulate in a given third
country or territory. If you do not have an embassy or consulate in the country or territory where you
are, it provides you with the contact details of embassies and consulates of other Member States that
you might wish to contact to seek assistance.
European Court of Justice: ... K.B. has shared an emotional and domestic
relationship ... they constitute the processing of personal data
https://www.uni-
trier.de/fileadmin/fb5/inst/IEVR/Arbeitsmaterialien/Staatskirchenrecht/Europ
a/EuGH/ECJ.pdf
Opening presentation (via skype) at the Autumn School 2016 on the EU
https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/16-
11_04_speech_laval_university_en.pdf
A National ID Card by Stealth? The BC Serv ices Card
Privacy Risks
http://bccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BC-Services-Card.pdf
The Identity Cards Bill- The Information Commissioners
Concerns Background
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/oct/uk-id-cards-info-com.pdf
Identity Cards for foreign nationals are the first part of the National
Identity Scheme and will be rolled out so all new entrants and
those extending their stay will have a card within three years.
http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/uploads/Inform/Q&AUKBA.pdf
Sample Public Services Card: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe confirmed
that all passport applicants will be required to have the document from the autumn
Privacy campaigners have expressed concern that a plan by the Government to make all citizens
applying for a passport and a driving licence first obtain a State-issued public services card represents
the introduction of a national ID card by stealth.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe confirmed that all passport applicants
will be required to have a Public Services Card (PSC) from the autumn, although he insisted it is not
and will not be compulsory for citizens to get the card.
The Road Safety Authority confirmed that all applicants for driving licences will be required to have
the card from early next year.
TJ McIntyre, a UCD law lecturer and chairman of the civil liberties group Digital Rights Ireland, said
he was concerned at the plans.
The card, rolled out as a pilot in 2011, has been issued to over 2.5 million Irish citizens initially to
those claiming welfare benefits. The database used to administer provision of the PSC draws on
information from across government departments.
The Department of Social Protection says claimants who do not comply with the stringent registration
process for issuing the card may have their payments, including child benefit or free travel, suspended.
Registration process
Some of the cards have been issued by post, without a face-to-face registration process. The
Government says these cards used citizens passport photographs from the Department of Foreign
Affairs, with their consent.
The sharing of personal data by public bodies was the subject of a ruling by the Court of Justice in
2015 that citizens personal data may not be transferred between public bodies without them having
been informed in advance.
Mr Donohoe said the Government took its duties with regard to data protection very seriously and
that all processing of citizens data under the projects had a legislative underpinning.
A draft scheme of a new Data Sharing and Governance Bill, which the Minister said he would like to
have passed this year before a new EU regulation takes effect next May, comes before the Oireachtas
Committee on Finance again on Tuesday.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/privacy-campaigners-
concerned-over-national-id-card-by-stealth-1.3091209
Sample Public Services Card: recipients photographs are analysed to the facial imaging system to
check for duplication of claims. Photograph: Bryan OBrien
The 280,000 welfare fraud perpetrated by Adrian Vaduva is believed to be one of the largest yet
detected by the Department of Social Protections Cogent Facial Imaging Matching Software, which
was introduced in 2015.
By the end of January, 155 cases of suspected fraud discovered using the system had been referred to
the departments Special Investigations Unit and An Garda Sochna.
The department says that fraud overpayments totalling 1,590,500 have been or are being assessed in
those cases while recorded savings from the cessation of related social welfare payments come to
461,470.
The system uses photographs taken of social welfare recipients to detect any cases of people claiming
payments using more than one identity.
Under the departments Public Services Card scheme, recipients are invited into department offices to
have their photographs taken for a new card, so the facial imaging system is used to ensure that
multiple or fraudulent identities can be identified at the point of registration, a spokeswoman said.
This is what happened in the case of Vaduva, whose photograph taken in 2015 under his Eduard Preda
alias was fed into the departments database and matched to one taken in June of 2016 under his real
name.
Of the 155 cases identified to date, 22 were finalised in court, 17 of which led to custodial sentences.
Another 18 are currently the subject of formal legal proceedings initiated by the DPP, while 100 more
are still under investigation at various levels.
About 20 garda have been seconded to Department of Social Protection offices around the country to
investigate such cases, and other types of social welfare fraud.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/facial-recognition-tool-used-
to-expose-155-cases-of-welfare-fraud-1.2967045
Elaine Edwards
Data dilemma: the MyGovID online platform for citizens to access State services, which last week won
an award in the Civil Service Excellence and Innovation awards, appears to ignore the European Court
of Justice ruling in the Bara case.
Three years ago, the Government embarked on a grand scheme to consult with the public service,
government departments and members of the public on how the personal data of citizens might be
shared to improve and streamline State services.
Even in a rapidly expanding environment for private and public services online, it was an ambitious
proposal, but it remained almost entirely under the radar apart from being noted by a tiny cohort that
might be unkindly referred to as the privacy geek community.
One high-level observer said the public should be properly informed about the grand bargain
involving the trading of their personal data for the benefits they get from the State.
Such arrangements may, under recent plans, include the sharing of sensitive health information for so-
called health solutions for the general public. Delivered via apps or through other routes, these
services might be processed by third parties, such as multinational corporations with their headquarters
outside the EU namely the US which does not generally provide the same fundamental rights
protections as the EU for personal data. There are ongoing concerns (to say the least) in the EU over
the processing of citizens personal data which may be accessed by US national security authorities or
by other law enforcement authorities, with minimal scrutiny.
Hacking, for identity theft and data fraud, in particular in the health sector, is a growing and ever-
present threat, with some studies suggesting health data breaches take up to twice as long to detect and
also that health data is also worth up to 10 times as much as other data on the black market.
But back to Ireland: following a public consultation in late 2014, a draft piece of primary legislation
that would cover government data-sharing projects was drawn up and approved by the Government in
the middle of 2015. But in October of last year, a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union
in the Romanian case of Smaranda Bara, appeared to blow much of that plan out of the water.
In that case, the Luxembourg-based court held that the requirement of fair processing of personal data
meant a public administrative body had to inform citizens of the fact that their data would be
transferred to another public administrative body for other purposes.
At the recent re:Publica conference in Dublin, Dr Dennis Jennings, who sits on the Governments open
data governance forum, said he had informed the Government that much of its plan for sharing
citizens data, under that draft legislation, would be illegal under the Bara ruling. The legislation is
back at the drawing board, but has not yet been before the Oireachtas.
The Data Protection Commissioner, who is responsible for ensuring the processing of citizens
personal information is in compliance with the law, issued guidance on the Bara ruling.
Helen Dixons office said that the public policy objective being pursued by a particular data sharing
arrangement without consent should be explicit and that an assessment should be made as to whether
the likely benefits of the sharing justified the overriding of the individuals data protection rights.
Public sector bodies should consider the potential benefits and risks, either to individuals or society, of
sharing the personal data, her office said.
In theory, that should have sent the Governments data-sharing project, driven mainly by the
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Social Protection, back to the
drawing board. The drafting of legislation is still under way.
Yet a number of massive Government data-sharing projects have continued apace almost as if the
European ruling in Bara had not happened.
Active Government projects currently include the HSEs eHealthIreland divisions project to create an
individual health identifier for every person in the State and the creation of a database on every primary
school pupil.
The Department of Social Protection has a plan, in conjunction with the Department of Public
Expenditure, is to issue every adult in the State with a public services card by the end of this year.
The Government has a contract with a private provider to fulfil a requirement to issue three million
cards and has already issued around two million, but is short of the number it is required to issue. It
appears to be desperately trying to get them out the door, through means such as issuing cards to
customers using their passport details from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
At least 431,000 public services cards have been issued in this way, according to the Department of
Social Protection. Both departments insist the legal basis for sharing personal data resides in the Social
Welfare Act of 2005.
Yet question marks remain over whether the legislation cited by both those departments provides a
legal basis for sharing citizens data.
Records released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the MyGovID project an online
identity management system for members of the public launched in February, was still in need of
appropriate communications, governance and standards two months later.
Separately, the HSE was warned by the Data Protection Commissioner that a privacy impact
assessment on the implementation of the individual health identifier for every citizen did not cover the
creation of new databases, such as a national diabetes register.
The DPC also said serious consideration must be given to its guidelines in relation to data sharing in
the public sector, and in particular around the issue of transparency.
In comments on the draft of the HSEs privacy impact assessment for the health identifier project, the
Data Protection Commissioners office said the 82 submissions received on the public consultation was
a somewhat disappointing return given that this project will affect every citizen of the State.
Records released under the Freedom of Information Act said that while there was no indication as to
the identity of the respondents to the consultation, it appeared that the majority of responses are from
individuals within the health sector, which may lead to a distorted view of the privacy risks for
individuals associated with the project.
While the office recognised there had been a concerted effort by eHealthIreland and the HSE to
promote and discuss the health identifier project, it said the lack of public knowledge regarding the
legislation and its impact was a risk in itself.
The Department of Social Protection has control of the MyGovID online identity management project
launched in February. As of March, it had already given presentations to the Revenue Commissioners,
the Department of Transport, the Road Safety Authority, Solas, the Department of Education, the
Immigration and Naturalisation Service, the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Department of
Health and the Passport Office, clearly with a view to them accessing the service.
The Garda Vetting Unit, which assesses people for certain job applications, has drafted a business case
for access to the system.
Earlier this week the Governments MyGovID online platform for citizens to access State services
through an online identity management platform won an award in the Civil Service Excellence and
Innovation awards.
Daragh OBrien, managing director of Castlebridge Associates, a consultancy firm on data governance
and data protection issues, said the new General Data Protection Regulation, various judgments of the
Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, made it clear
that data collection on a grand scale must be both necessary and proportionate.
Nothing exemplifies the failure of the Irish public service to recognise that data protection law exists,
and has evolved, more than the celebration of an award for a project that on the face of it appears to
ignore the Court of Justice ruling in the Bara case, he said.
In relation to the MyGovID project, he said that building governance controls after a department had
built a massive database of citizens information was the equivalent of blocking the door after the
horse has bolted.
As of October, the Data Protection Commissioner was still reviewing the documentation pertaining to
the health identifiers project, which was presented as a fait accompli by the HSE in the summer.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/government-continues-data-
sharing-projects-despite-eu-ruling-1.2896362
Chris Horn
Some employees and passengers at certain international airports accept their faces being photographed
for security. Photograph: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
John de Mol is a Dutch entrepreneur and media tycoon, who has been listed as one of the 500 richest in
the world. His influence here in Ireland is chiefly through the reality TV series Big Brother, which he
created in 1997. Some 20 years later, there have been several hundred seasons of the Big Brother
franchise in over 50 countries worldwide.
The shows name derives from George Orwells book Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which Big Brother is
the leader of a totalitarian state wielding absolute power over its citizens, not least by telescreens which
continuously observe its inhabitants.
Fortunately, we do not live in a totalitarian society. Nevertheless, the State is increasing its surveillance
over us. The Garda Automatic Number Plate Recognition system was first introduced in 2008. Garda
cars fitted with the equipment can continuously and automatically scan number plates, and verify that
the vehicles so identified are taxed. Speeding vehicles are also identified.
In principle, the system can also verify that vehicles are insured, but full integration with accurate data
from insurance companies may yet take until 2019. Paper disks on windscreens for tax, NCT and
insurance could then become a thing of the past. As the system has been further developed, it can
automatically detect stolen vehicles, and vehicles associated with criminal suspects. During recent
court cases, the Garda has reported cars of interest being automatically identified by the system near
the scenes of crimes.
Fraudulent identity
In 2015, the Department of Social Welfare introduced facial-recognition software which automatically
scans photographs of new applicants against the departments internal database of existing claimants.
Any match is then a potential case of fraudulent identity, and is brought to the attention of the
departments special investigation unit. A number of successful court prosecutions have been taken,
and more cases are listed.
Passengers through some international airports accept their faces being photographed during security
and then checked again before boarding. International travellers to the US likewise have their faces
scanned by customs and border control. The Trump administration has now announced its Biometric
Exit programme. Every visa holder leaving a US airport will automatically have a high-quality
photograph of their face scanned against the federal visa application database. If there is no match, then
the visitor may have entered the US illegally.
Furthermore, the same technology could be used to check the FBI database and other databases of
interest at the state or federal level. Thus, in the same way that the Garda system can automatically and
continuously check number plates against databases of criminal- and security-related activity, so might
many airport systems automatically and continuously review facial scans. In fact, there is little
technical challenge to doing likewise using any security-related video feeds, including from good-
resolution CCTV systems widely deployed in urban areas. Automatic verification of identity can
catalyse continuous law enforcement.
State surveillance
And so, while we have been watching Big Brother, Big Brother is increasingly watching us, with
implications for law enforcement and civil rights. But in addition to surveillance by state authorities,
the reality TV show is becoming real: not only can we watch and learn about strangers in a custom-
built house, but we can potentially watch and learn about strangers in the real world too.
The Google Glass project offered a computer display mounted as a pair of eyeglasses. Google stopped
its prototype Glass project in 2014, but not before some software developers had created facial-
recognition-based apps for Glass which could identify random strangers.
Just last month, a UK ad agency announced a new app, Facezam, which would let you to take a photo
of a random stranger with your smartphone, and then identify them from Facebook accounts.
Facebooks technology facilitates such automated searches, because the hundreds of millions of its
users are explicitly encouraged to identify and tag friends and family members in the photos which are
uploaded into Facebook.
Apps which exploit Facebooks facial-recognition algorithm such as Facezam violate the social
media firms current privacy norms and are consequently likely to be disallowed. In fact, Facezam
turned out to be a publicity hoax, aiming simply to draw attention to the ad agency concerned.
On the other hand, a Facezam equivalent already exists and is not at all a hoax. The Findface app uses
the Russian social network VK to recognise strangers from photos, provided those strangers are users
of that particular social network.
John de Mol has made a lot of money from his Big Brother reality TV brainchild, but it is not his only
reality TV concept. Among other titles, he created Fear Factor in which contestants are challenged to
overcome their instinctive fears. Our own fascination with identifying and watching complete strangers
is becoming scary.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/facial-recognition-software-
and-our-fear-of-big-brother-1.3061827
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said many public-sector bodies seemed to struggle
enormously with the high-level, principles-based nature of data-protection law. Photograph: Cyril
Byrne
Many websites offering genetic testing for commercial purposes fail to outline the privacy implications
of such tests, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has said.
Speaking at the inaugural Data Summit in Dublin organised by the Department of the Taoiseach, Ms
Dixon outlined the challenges to privacy from the so-called digital revolution, but also the
opportunities she said new European Union legislation would bring.
The commissioner noted fantastically positive examples of what data-driven technology had given
us, including better understanding of climate change, combating hospital infections and identifying
genetic markers for cancer.
However, Ms Dixon said context was king in assessing the circumstances in which data was being
processed. Data-protection authorities had a watchdog role, where they identified risks in terms of how
data was collected and used, but they did not make policy choices.
She said her office had recently audited a number of insurance firms for new insurance products based
on drivers agreeing to use telematic apps that monitor their driving behaviour.
Genetic testing
On genetic testing, Ms Dixon said that in appropriate clinical settings with regulated professionals,
ethics committees and counsellors, genetic testing and research could be a good thing where it led to
identification of markers for breast cancer, for example.
In these types of regulated clinical environments, ethical decisions can be made on what information
patients should receive, whether the rest of the family should receive certain results where they could
be equally affected by what is identified, whether DNA samples should be destroyed and whether the
data can be safely stored in the cloud, etc.
But then think of genetic testing in the context of online commercial firms offering, for example,
child talent genetic testing.
Yes indeed, a test that purports to tell you whether its a good idea to buy your child a piano or not
and claims to give you a firm idea of your childs strengths and weaknesses.
The commissioner said a lot of the websites offering these online services fail to outline the privacy
implications with this type of test, such as precisely what data was collected, how the data would be
used, whether it would be sold, how it would be secured and how and where it would be stored.
Neither typically are these websites clear that in fact no DNA test is going to be accurate in terms of
predicting if a child is going to be good at playing the piano or in relation to any of the personality
traits of the child. Genetic data also presents the privacy complication of family members being
identifiable as well.
Ms Dixon said that many public-sector bodies seemed to struggle enormously with the high-level,
principles-based nature of data-protection law.
There is no book that tells us the answer to any data-protection implementation question it hangs off
the detail of the specific case. And the organisation proposing it is best placed to conduct that analysis
and present it to us.
On the new General Data Protection Regulation, Ms Dixon said she believed it was going to slowly
transform our relationship with digital service providers of all types.
Its real strength lay in the new accountability and transparency requirements it implemented.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/many-genetic-testing-sites-
fail-to-outline-privacy-implications-1.3127918
Identity cards and new Identity ... the cancellation of the UK national identity card; ... age or as a
travel document. It will not be illegal to use your identity ..
Overview
This guide provides information about the 2011 cancellation of identity cards, including what you need
to do if you have one, and gives details on the new suppliers working with the Identity and Passport
Service.
Under the terms of the Identity Documents Act 2010, identity cards ceased to be legal documents on 21
January 2011. The government introduced the Identity Documents Act 2010 which received royal
assent on 21 December 2010. The act brings into law:
Your identity card ceased to be a valid legal document for confirming your identity on 21 January
2010.
We have written to all existing cardholders at their registered address to inform them of the position.
It will not be illegal to use your identity card as proof of identity after 21 January 2011. While the
identity card is no longer valid for official purposes some organisations may still be willing to accept
them as proof of identity without the ability to check against the national identity register.
Identity cards have ceased to be valid travel documents. If you have made travel plans and dont
currently have a passport we would advise you to apply for a passport now.
Passport information
Passport advice line: 0300 222 0000 (open from 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday, and from 9am - 5.30pm
weekends and public holidays)
Identity cardholders are not required to return their cards to Identity and Passport Services (IPS).
Holders of identity cards are advised to consider securely destroying them. People that choose to retain
their identity card should ensure that it is kept in a safe and secure place. To avoid unnecessary and
expensive processes, and to minimise cost to taxpayers, cards will not be recalled, and cardholders will
not be offered refunds.
The decision to grant entry at a port after this time is a matter for the UK Border Agency. Ports staff
will be made aware of the cancellation identity cards and will apply their discretion in relation to
people coming back to the UK on an identity card. To avoid uncertainty and delays we recommend that
people travelling overseas do so with their British passport.
You should make arrangements to visit the British embassy/high commission or consular office in the
country you are visiting to discuss your circumstances. Depending upon the duration of your stay, they
may be able to arrange for either an emergency travel document to be issued or a new passport to be
requested. A fee will be payable for either an emergency travel document or a new passport, please
consult the Foreign and Commonwealth Office section for details of the office details and
requirements.
The national identity register was destroyed on 10 February 2011. The personal details of everyone
issued with an identity card which were recorded on the National Identity Register were securely
destroyed. This included photograph and fingerprint biometrics. The register was destroyed by IPS
along with the relevant contractors to approved security standards. The completion of the
decommissioning will be reported to Parliament.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) will continue to issue biometric residence permits to non-EEA
foreign nationals (formerly known as identity cards for foreign nationals). The biometric data is not
kept on the national identity register. European law requires non-EEA foreign nationals to be provided
with biometric residence permits.
In May 2008, 5 new suppliers were chosen to work with the Identity and Passport Service: CSC, EDS,
Fujitsu, IBM, and Thales. Each signed framework contracts and formed a strategic supplier group.
Using a strategic supplier group allows IPS to carry out shorter procurement processes, meaning
contracts for services can be issued more quickly and easily. By inviting suppliers to sign up to a single
framework contract, it ensures common terms and conditions and pricing structures are in place.
The group of suppliers under the framework contract can also be accessed by other agencies. The
UKBA has been involved in the procurement process to date, and now uses the framework contract to
procure services for the improvement of its case work operations.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/identity-cards-and-new-identity-and-passport-
service-suppliers
The Framework establishes the rules which govern the European telecommunications sector, and is
subject to five-yearly reviews of its fitness for purpose. These reviews include negotiation of updates
and revision as necessary.
Negotiations are currently in progress for the latest review, in which the Framework will become
known as the
https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/EN/1-2016-590-EN-F1-1.PDF
This document was originally laid in Parliament in March 2017. It has now been re-laid and published
with amendments.
Is identity theft illegal ... card number to buy ... this work for a non-profit purpose provided that you
attribute the National Childrens and Youth Law Centre
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ID cards on the cards for Ireland
May 23, 2017
Public Services Card needed for licenses, passports
Irish citizens applying for a new passport or a driving
license will also have to hold the States Public Services
Card (PSC).
Although Irish Ministers insist that the cards are not
compulsory, the new requirements mean that, for anyone
who wishes to travel or drive, they effectively are.
Those applying for a passport will be required to produce
the PSC from the autumn while it will be needed for
driving license applications from next year.
Since 2011, the card has been issued to 2.3 million Irish
citizens. It is underpinned by a biometric facial
recognition database controlled by the Irish Department
of Social Protection. Recently it has been given to people
claiming social welfare benefits and, although a policy of
non-obligation has been maintained, the Irish
Government has been keen to encourage all citizens to
sign up.
The new measures will go some way towards hitting its
target of having three million people registered by the
end of 2017.
Paschal Donohoe, Irish Minister for Public Expenditure,
explained that the reason for the change in procedure was
to do with the safety of Ireland and its citizens.
Given the increase in acts of terrorism over the last
several years, every democratic country should be
obliged to deploy the most robust means of authenticated
travel across borders that it has available, he told The
Irish Times. It is not, and will not be, compulsory to
have a PSC.
However, Government has an obligation to deploy the
most robust means of online and physical identity
verification possible to ensure that it is doing all it can to
reduce fraud, personation and the risk of identity theft in
the delivery or accessing of public services.
Mr Donohoe said that the process behind the card has a
legislative underpinning but others are unconvinced.
TJ McIntyre, chairman of civil liberties group Digital
Rights Ireland and a law lecturer at UCD, described them
as very concerning.
It appears to be a policy of introducing a national ID
card by stealth, in a way which appears to be illegal, he
said.
http://www.theirishworld.com/public-services-id-cards-
ireland/
Identity theft is when someone steals your personal information or possessions so they can use your
identity.
Identity fraud is when they use your identity for their own financial gain usually at a great cost to
you.
You might not even realise that your information has been stolen until after the fraud has happened and
only find out when a bill arrives for something you didn't buy, or when you have trouble taking out a
credit card or a mobile phone contract.
According to research from Experian's Victims of Fraud team, it takes an average of 292 days for
people to discover their information has been used for fraudulent purposes.
Common theft
You could be burgled and have your personal possessions taken, for example your purse containing
your ID.
Cold-calling
Fraudsters call you pretending to be a genuine business and mislead you into giving away personal and
financial information.
Hacking
Software is deployed to hack into your computer or information is taken from your smartphone.
Phishing
Fraudsters send an email that appears to be from a trusted company to get you to click a link and enter
your personal information, such as your banking details.
Data breach
Customer information could be stolen from a service provider. There have been a number of high-
profile data breaches in recent years.
Only have 2 minutes? Watch our video on how Identity Fraud can affect you.
Having your identity stolen and used fraudulently can hit your finances hard. Fraudsters could take
money from your bank account or they could take out credit in your name. Their actions can hurt your
credit score and affect your chances of getting credit in the future.
Thankfully in most situations the effects of fraud can be reversed. But this process can take an
emotional toll on you and the impact can go on for much longer than the actual fraud itself research
by Experian's Victims of Fraud team shows that it can take a staggering 300 hours to set the record
straight.
That's why it's important to act quickly. Your first step is to get in touch with your banks and lenders
they'll work with you to resolve the issues and if necessary will contact the police on your behalf.
Contacting us is the next step as we'll help you clear your credit report.
Read more about the steps you need to take if you're a victim of fraud.
Protect yourself against identity theft
There are many ways fraudsters can get hold of your information so there are a lot of good habits you
can start to protect yourself. These are our top three tips:
Click here for more information about protecting yourself against fraud.
One of the best things you can do is understand the early warning signs, so that, if you do become a
victim, you can act fast to help avoid the fraud becoming more severe.
http://www.experian.co.uk/consumer/identity-theft.html
A identity card (eID) is a personal identification document that verifies the holder's identity and legal
status.
Each person registered in the Population Register can obtain the identity card, according to his or her
legal status. An identity card can be issued to children under the age of 15 upon an application of
parents or the legal guardian.
A person can simultaneously have only one identity card and only one passport (except for diplomatic
and service passports).
A person who lives or resides for a long period of time in a foreign country, can apply for a identity
card at the consular or diplomatic service of the Republic of Latvia.
Important
A person who wants to activate the certificates included in the personal certificate is
obliged to get acquainted with the certification service rendering system, description
of equipment and security procedures, a reliable certification service providers
provisions of certification service rendering included in the register, as well as other
security measures in order to eliminate illegal use of a verified certificate, together
with the provisions and limitations included in the verified certificate. Provisions of
the certification services are available here.
NB! A no-contact microchip is installed in the identity card, therefore if you are using
an e-talon in order to pay for going by a public transport, do not hold the e-talon
together with the identity card when electronically registering the e-talon in the public
transport! Otherwise, the e-talon might not function and your run would not be paid
for.
How to prepare the computer for operations with the identity card?
What to do if there appear problems with the identity card while being abroad?
http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en/home/services/personal-certificates-(eid)/
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SSN Document available
Custom Documents:
Notary or attested or certified documents available
USPS form 1583 with Notary documents available
Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate or other
NRIC, SSN, or any other document available on custom demand.
http://www.secondeyesolution.ch/product/buy-documents-for-your-limited-
ban-or-suspended-accounts/
Please note that rights conferred by Directive 2004/38/EC do not extend to a substantive right to
have professional qualifications recognised. Even if you are entitled to be treated as an exempt
person, this does not mean that you are entitled to automatic recognition of your qualifications.
The recognition of professional qualifications for dentists and dental care professionals across the
EU is covered by Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications.
Therefore, in the event you can demonstrate exempt person status, this does not lead to automatic
registration and does not exempt you from the ORE. It gives you the option of applying under
the route of an individual assessment in addition to applying for the ORE.
Introduction
Under the Dentists Act 1984 (as amended), certain routes to registration with the GDC (either as a
dentist or as a dental care professional) are only available to applicants who can demonstrate that they
are an exempt person under the Act. To qualify as an exempt person in relation to the professions of
dentistry or in relation to a profession complementary to dentistry you must be either be:-
Directive 2004/38/EC governs the rights of citizens of the EU and their family members to move and
reside freely within the territory of the member states. It applies to all EU citizens who move to, or
reside in a member state other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members.
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 implement Directive 2004/38/EC in the
UK and extend it to citizens of the EEA and Switzerland.
Applicants to the GDC may seek to rely on the Directive in order to demonstrate that they are seeking
access to, or pursuing, the profession of dentistry or a profession complementary to dentistry by virtue
of an enforceable EU right.
This guidance explains the circumstances under which an applicant to the GDC is entitled to be treated
as an exempt person. It also contains suggestions for the documents required by the GDC; this is not an
exhaustive list and the responsibility lies with you to provide sufficient evidence to the GDC to prove
this entitlement.
Please note that this guidance does not constitute legal advice. This is a complex and developing area
of law which is subject to change and if you have any questions about your rights under European law,
you are advised to consult an appropriately qualified lawyer. We cannot provide legal advice.
I am a national of an EEA State (other than the United Kingdom) or
Switzerland how to I demonstrate that I am an exempt person?
If you are a national of an EEA state or Switzerland you are required to provide a valid national
identity card or passport issued by an EEA state or Switzerland.
If you are a UK national, you will only qualify as an exempt person if you can demonstrate that you are
seeking access to or are pursuing the profession by virtue of an enforceable EU right. In order to
demonstrate this, you will need to provide the GDC with documentary evidence that:
Please note: If the EEA national from who you derive your rights is a UK national, you will also be
required to provide evidence of his/her exempt person status (in accordance with the paragraph).
If you are not a national of an EEA state or Switzerland you will only qualify as an exempt person if
you can demonstrate that you are, by virtue of an enforceable EU right, entitled to be treated no less
favourably than a national of an EEA state or Switzerland for the purposes of access to and pursuit of
the profession of dentistry or a profession complimentary to dentistry. In order to do so, you will need
to provide the GDC with documentary evidence that you fall within one of the following categories:-
You are accompanying or joining an EEA/Swiss national who is residing in the UK either as a worker,
as a self-employed person, as a student, as a self-sufficient person, or pursuant to the three month right
to reside under Directive 2004/38/EC. OR
You are a person previously falling into one of the categories above who has retained their rights under
Directive 2004/38/EC rights following the death or departure of the EEA/Swiss national from the UK
or following divorce, annulment of marriage or termination of the civil partnership, under the
conditions described in Articles 12 - 13 of Directive 2004/38/EC.
In order to demonstrate to the GDC that you fall within one of the categories above, you will also need
to provide the GDC with the relevant documents, depending on your relationship with the EEA/Swiss
national from whom you derive your rights. It is your responsibility to obtain the necessary
documentation from the appropriate bodies in another EEA state/Switzerland.
Please note: If the EEA national from whom you derive your rights is a UK national, you will also be
required to provide evidence of his/her exempt person status.
Working in the UK
Please note that if you are the family member of an EEA national who has been granted registration by
the GDC, you may still require clearance to work in the UK. We are unable to provide advice on this.
For advice please contact the Home Office UK Border Agency.
https://www.gdc-uk.org/professionals/registration/route-to-reg/exempt-
persons
Right to Rent Declaration ... A passport or national identity card ... In cases
where no ID documents are available landlords or agents would need to contact
http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/downloads/Right-to-Rent-Declaration.pdf
PROVING YOUR AGE
Under the terms of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 there are various forms of identification which
licensees or their staff can accept as proving your age. From 1st October 2013, these are:
(i) A passport
(ii) A European Union photocard driving licence
(iii) A Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card)
(iv) A photographic identity card bearing the national Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS)
hologram
(v) A national identity card issued by a European Union member state (other than the United
Kingdom), Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland, or
(vi) A Biometric Immigration Document.
So, if you havent got a proof of age card please carry one of these other forms of identification.
However, given the significant difficulties in replacing either of these types of document should they
become lost or mislaid we would recommend that you consider obtaining a proof of age card which
can be replaced far more easily if it has to be.
Please remember that there is no automatic right of entry to licensed premises nor is there an automatic
right to service of alcohol. Entry is always at the discretion of the licensee for whatever reason he or
she decides and the licensee is under no obligation to explain the reason
http://challenge25.org/proving.html
'Incredible lack of controls and transparency' - Concerns ...
The announcement that Irish citizens will need a Public Service Card to obtain a ... Donohoe said that
while "it is not and will ... not being mandatory,
1August 28 2016
The Public Services Card is a new card which you can use to claim social
welfare payments.
It will replace the Social Services Card and the Free Travel Pass. One of the
main reasons the card is being introduced is to combat fraud.
The card is initially being rolled out to people getting certain social welfare
payments (such as child benefit or pensions) and to those who are applying
for other social welfare payments for the first time.
It is the Department of Social Protection which is sending out the letters. The
card is mainly being issued by invitation but if you haven't received a letter,
you can contact your local social welfare office or Intreo centre to arrange an
appointment.
You must usually register for the card in person. This appointment, which will
be in your local social welfare office or Intreo centre, should take about 15
minutes.
You will have your photograph taken and signature recorded during the
appointment. You must bring proof of ID along with you - a passport, driving
licence or learner permit is typically required.
You must also bring along evidence of your address, such as an electricity or
phone bill. You should also take along the letter you received from the
Department of Social Protection inviting you to register.
You will usually get your Public Services Card in the post within a week of this
appointment. There is no charge for the card.
Should this be the case, the Department of Social Protection will usually write
to you to make arrangements.
http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/the-60second-guide-
to-getting-your-public-services-card-35000262.html
'Incredible lack of
controls and
transparency' - Concerns
over mandatory ID Cards
to get passports and
driving licences
3
The Public Services Card
Kathy Armstrong
May 22 2017
The announcement that Irish citizens will need a Public
Service Card to obtain a passport or driving licence raises
concerns about transparency and mass data sharing, a
security expert said today.
Over 2.5 million people have obtained a PSC - which are
compiled by information from various government
departments.
Today Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said
that while "it is not and will not be compulsory for people
to get this card", they will be mandatory if you want to
apply for a driving licence or passport.
Daragh O Brien, Managing Director of Castlebridge Data
Protection and Data Governance, said that the
introduction of this system must be as transparent as
possible.
Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, he said: "If a democratic
country is required to have it then one of the key processes
of a democratic country is the debate and discussion of
what is essentially a large change in the philosophy and
approach of the state.
"In relation to it not being mandatory, if you require it to
get a driving licence to get to work or to get a passport in
order to go on holiday with your family then it is
mandatory, even if the state is pretending otherwise...
Buy passport,driving license,IdCard,residence Card
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9BTTGGcKfk
Public Service Cards will be necessary for passport applications
from next year (Stock picture)
"The reason there's a concern is that the national identity
card cannot be done by Stealth without appropriate debate
and transparency.
"One of the reasons for concern is the amount of sharing
of data that will have to happen between government
departments for this card to exist is quite large.
"That sharing will require a basis in primary legislation
and it's required under EU law that we are told about this
in advance.
"There was a court case in 2015 called the Bar Ruling in
the European Court of Justice which made it clear that for
public sector agencies sharing data among themselves they
would need to communicate that this was taking place.
"It makes sense to ensure that the sharing has an
appropriate legal basis and that the state agencies doing
the sharing are complying with European data protection
law.
"If the sharing is important and has a valid purpose and is
valuable for the state and the citizen then surely it should
be put on the strongest foundation possible by making
sure it is being doing in the most transparent and
appropriate way."
In a statement issued to Newstalk, Minister Donohoe
claimed that the ID cards are also in the best interest of
our national security.
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe Photo: Tom Burke
He said: "Government has an obligation to deploy the
most robust means of online and physical identity
verification possible to ensure that it is doing all it can to
reduce fraud, personation and the risk of identity theft in
in the delivery/accessing of public services."
Mr O Brien said that while he could see the benefits of the
system, there must be efforts to ensure it's done properly.
He said: "I'm not sure what the Government's difficulty is
in enshrining this in law but what they are trying to do is
introduce an umbrella data sharing bill to give state
agencies a carte blanche to share data on a broad basis.
"That's an attempt to get around the Data Protection Act
requirements under EU law to have a clear statutory basis
for sharing.
"Done right it could be a very good thing, however there's
an incredible lack of controls and transparency in that
legislation, which is before and Oireachtas Committee
tomorrow.
"The Data Protection Commissioner has already raised
concerns about scope creep in relation to this type of
legislation, people still need to be told about sharing of
their data and what is happening with their data."
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/incredible-lack-of-controls-and-
transparency-concerns-over-mandatory-id-cards-to-get-passports-and-driving-
licences-35740890.html
Paschal's Identity Card has made it into The Journal this morning.
Excellent article but beware the comments section because the Trolls
are out in force. Obviously Young Fine Gael have mobilized their elite
troops to defend the Blueshirts latest fascist initiative
Continuity in the availability of goods for the EU and the UK POSITION PAPER
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/fi
le/638958/Continuity_in_the_availability_of_goods_for_the_EU_and_the_UK_Posit
ion_Paper.pdf
European Medicines Agency (EMA). In a terse "questions and answers"
document, the EMA had stated unequivocally that market authorisations held by
UK pharmaceutical companies would have to be transferred to "a holder
established in the Union (EEA)
http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Other/2017/05/W
C500228739.pdf