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The database of honest people
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2011.07.11. 09:15:38
Földes Ádám Máté
The French National Assembly has just voted for a proposition which can have a huge impact on the personal rights of French citizens. The bill, which mandates the inclusion of a chip for storing – among other things – the photo and the fingerprint of the possessor, in identity cards, was passed with 7 yeses to 4 noes. The newly born law also states that an optional secondary chip could also be included in the identity card for the purpose of facilitating business transactions. But the biggest impact on the life of French citizens is the creation of a centralised database – referred to as the ‘database of honest people’ by the proposing delegate – that will contain the name, gender, date and place of birth, address, size and colour of the eyes, fingerprint and photograph of 45 million people.
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