Calamity Joan 😷1d ago

In news that will surprise nobody concerned with data protection and fundamental rights: "Government to make Public Services Card a form of identity"

https://www.thejournal.ie/government-to-make-public-services-card-a-form-of-identity-7012903-Apr2026/

"The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) have said they are “seriously concerned” about the move."

#MastoDaoine #DigitalRights #Biometrics #PSC

Government to make Public Services Card a form of identity

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) have said they are “seriously concerned” about the move.

TheJournal.ie
Show threadIanMoore3000
@clickhere I always feel like I am missing something with the PSC debate. Why is a allowing people to use a PSC card as a form of ID a big deal?
Apr 15 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadCalamity Joan 😷9h ago

@IanMoore3000 The ICCL and @dri sum it up better than I can in the link below, but to start - and most fundamentally of all - there is no legal basis for the existence of the PSC and associated database capturing most of the population.

https://www.iccl.ie/press-release/public-services-card-expansion-national-id-card/

#PSC #ICCL #MastoDaoine #DataProtection #DigitalRights

Show threadIanMoore30008h ago
@clickhere @dri I still don't really get it. Is it the card or the database that's the problem? Like is there anything on the card that isn't already on something like a passport? And even if there is no card, the state is still going to hold a lot of data on people.
Show threadJustin Mason1h ago
@IanMoore3000 @clickhere @dri as I understand it, the database contains biometric data on (planned to be) all Irish adults, which is a problem
Show threadIanMoore300042m ago
@jmason @clickhere @dri that sounds like a problem with the database rather than the card.
Show threadCalamity Joan 😷39m ago

@IanMoore3000 I mean, the database is a major part of the problem, which why that has been pointed out since the beginning of all this, years ago; but with the card it's worse again.

@jmason @dri

Show threadCalamity Joan 😷36m ago

@IanMoore3000 You'll have to read up on it: there's been years of work, research, and campaigning on this.

@dri