Hello SM,
>I highlighted recruiting 'foreign experts' because it seems to be the only
solution
>that can reassure citizens that the work will be handled properly in
Mauritius.
>I think this attitude problem may end up affecting people one day.
It was mentioned in a news article that the fingerprint stored on the
biometric ID could also be used by, for example, banks to verify the
identity of the person. I doubt that the people in favour of that approach
have a good understanding of the privacy issues.
>Maybe they are more focused towards the fact that their bank accounts will
be safer.
>I think the data protection commissioner should advise the citizens about
it.
Anyway, Mauritius is on the list now:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_identity_card
Kind regards,
Shelly Hermia Bhujun
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:19 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Shelly,
> At 09:38 AM 8/22/2015, SHELLY HERMIA BHUJUN wrote:
>
>> > I wonder if they did not highlight 'getting foreign experts to
>> Mauritius in order to solve those biometric data issue' just to show off-
>> >comme d'habitude. This attitude can also prove that they would rather rely
>> on foreign experts than investing in local experts ->anyway, who confirmed
>> that we did not have any local experts ready to help out?
>>
>
> Local people usually do not disagree with foreign "experts". I doubt that
> there has been any effort to see whether the work can be done by local
> people. As you mentioned, it is likely an attitude problem.
>
> > Are they going to record the whole procedure?
>>
>
> I don't know whether the procedure will be recorded. There are some
> security principles which could be implemented to ensure that the
> destruction is transparent.
>
> It was mentioned in a news article that the fingerprint stored on the
> biometric ID could also be used by, for example, banks to verify the
> identity of the person. I doubt that the people in favour of that approach
> have a good understanding of the privacy issues.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
Received on Mon Aug 24 2015 - 10:05:33 PST