Re: Did the MNIC obtain a judge's order to access the database of the Civil Status Office?

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 22:12:09 -0800

Hi Ish,
At 10:31 06-12-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>There is some humour in the question but yes, if that happens then
>the Government of Mauritius might have developed an 'Automatic
>Fingerprint Identification System'. According to my knowledge, I do
>not know whether the Government have any such system. Maybe, I'll
>have to do some research :)

There is an Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) since
1999 at the Central CID.

>I received the following reply from Rajnish Hawabhay, the CTO of the
>Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation on 21 October 2015:
>
> Citizen has to sign the declaration form to confirm his or
> her particulars for the registration process to be
> completed. Since 14 September 2015, the declaration form has been
> modified and includes the paragraph:
>
> "I have no objection that my fingerprint minutiae be
> processed and recorded for the purpose of producing my identity
> card. I understand that this information will be erased
> permanently from the register once the identity card has been printed."

Does the declaration form also mention photo which is processed?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Mon Dec 07 2015 - 06:16:06 PST