Micro-chipping away at privacy: Privacy implications created by the new Queensland driver licence proposal

Hart, Caroline

doi:10.5204/qutlr.v7i2.138

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“…Privacy issues are particularly important when considering the use of computer chip identification systems by government agencies to access services or to fulfil, for example, licensing requirements. This is because individuals may not have any genuine choice as to whether their data is stored and accessed in this way due to the lack of alternatives (Hart, 2007). It is noted that the more data that is held on smartcards, the greater the potential implications are if their security is breached, not only for the potential loss caused by misuse, but also in relation to damage to the issuer's reputation.…”

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“…In addition, the use of digital photographs allows for matching using facial recognition software, thereby increasing the likelihood that the instances where one person has applied for licences in multiple names, or where different people have used the one identity, will be detected (Department of Transport and Main Roads, 2010). Inaccuracies, however, may result in false positives, where the program may falsely detect duplicates, or false negatives, where the program fails to detect where the same person has applied for more than one licence (Hart, 2007).…”

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“…An example of function creep is the recent announcement that in Queensland Translink's go card will be combined with Seniors cards (Nolan, 2009 (Hart, 2007).…”

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“…For example, a chip may incorporate an 'open' partition that contains the cardholders' details, while 'working' components include information relevant to the various functions of the card. 'Secret' partitions are accessible only with a PIN or biometric information such as a thumbprint (Hart, 2007).…”

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“…"Location privacy" (Langheinrich, 2007, p. 441) (Hart, 2007). Privacy concerns that arise in relation to data matching and data mining include the amount of previously unknown personal information about individuals and the lack of knowledge or consent provided by the data subject (Australian Law Reform Commission, 2008 .…”

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“…An example of function creep is the recent announcement that in Queensland Translink's go card will be combined with Seniors cards (Nolan, 2009 (Hart, 2007).…”

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Ethics and Smart Governments: The Case of National ID Smart Card in the United Arab Emirates

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American Research Journal of Business management

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introductionThis paper examines UAE's smart card project, which was introduced as part of the country's e-government. An attempt will be made to examine the impacts of the project on individual privacy. The project was selected as a case study for several reasons. First, the national smart card is the largest e-government project to be implemented by the UAE government. Second, the government agencies involved in this project possess the largest amount of personal information concerning the country's citizens (national and/or expats). The government agencies participating in the project include, but not limited to: Roads and Transports Authority (RTA), Immigration Departments, Health Department and Central bank of the Emirates.The individuals who are the subject of this project are unaware of how the smart card works. They also do not know how the technology will be used to collect, store, access, and transfer their personal information. Therefore, the next section firstly examines the specifications (types) of the smart card technology and addresses the privacy implications of this technology. The next part contains some examples of how smart card technology could affect individual privacy in UAE. What is a 'smart card'?A smart card is simply a plastic rectangle containing a microchip, and holding a certain amount of readable data.1 It can be in the form of a memory card or a processing-enabled card. A memory card, which is the simplest form of a smart card, has limited capability to securely store personal information.2 This type of card is usually used for repetitive transactions, and examples include the prepaid telephone card or a building access 'key'.3 The processer-enabled card is more sophisticated. t has self-contained computer processing capabilities to store, manipulate, code, decode and access data. 4 Software and functions on the card can be updated or changed, without the need to replace the card itself. As for information storage, the smart card can hold significant amount of information equivalent to several full-size printed pages of information.5 In addition, a smart card is capable of creating and modifying data and it can perform calculations and respond to external Abstract: This paper examines United Arab Emirates' national ID smart card, which was implemented as part of the smart government. An attempt will be made to examine the ethical issues of the national ID smart card with respect to individual privacy. These national ID cards were selected as a case study for several reasons. First, the national ID smart card is the largest smart government project to be implemented by the Federal Government (UAE). Second, the government agencies in UAE involved in this project possess the largest amount of personal information concerning all people residing in UAE (local or expats). Third, individuals are unable to make any transactions without presenting their national ID card. These transactions vary from applying for credit card, home loan, opening bank accounts, to renting a car. The individu...

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ID Scanners and Überveillance in the Night-Time Economy

Palmer

Warren

Uberveillance and the Social Implications of Microchip Implants

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ID scanners are promoted as an effective solution to the problems of anti-social behavior and violence in many urban nighttime economies. However, the acceptance of this and other forms of computerized surveillance to prevent crime and anti-social behavior is based on several unproven assumptions. After outlining what ID scanners are and how they are becoming a normalized precondition of entry into one Australian nighttime economy, this chapter demonstrates how technology is commonly viewed as the key to preventing crime despite recognition of various problems associated with its adoption. The implications of technological determinism amongst policy makers, police, and crime prevention theories are then critically assessed in light of several issues that key informants talking about the value of ID scanners fail to mention when applauding their success. Notably, the broad, ill-defined, and confused notion of “privacy” is analyzed as a questionable legal remedy for the growing problems of überveillance.

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Micro-chipping away at privacy: Privacy implications created by the new Queensland driver licence proposal

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