New ID cards will have fingerprints
Source: Xinhua |
October 30, 2011, Sunday
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CHINA moved to better protect the personal information of its citizens yesterday by amending the Resident Identity Card Law.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved a suggestion by lawmakers that a person's fingerprints be recorded when they apply for or change ID cards.
Lawmakers said that ID cards with fingerprints would help make identifying people faster and more accurate while also making it more difficult to counterfeit or alter cards.
The amendment also increased punishment to those guilty of leaking someone's personal information. Offenders face civil penalties like an apology and economic compensation, as well as criminal penalties such as prosecution, detention and fines.
Government offices and other pubic institutions like banks, hospitals and telecommunication offices could pay a maximum fine of 500,000 yuan (US$78,620) if found leaking personal information, according to the amendment.
The amendment stipulates that the first version of ID cards, which was launched in 1985, will be prohibited from use from January 1, 2013.
In 2004, the country introduced a second version. By 2010, 77.6 percent of China's population had received the second version identity card.
The second version of ID cards received before January 1, 2012, will continue to be valid during its 10-year term of validity, says the amendment.
The amendment will take effect on January 1.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved a suggestion by lawmakers that a person's fingerprints be recorded when they apply for or change ID cards.
Lawmakers said that ID cards with fingerprints would help make identifying people faster and more accurate while also making it more difficult to counterfeit or alter cards.
The amendment also increased punishment to those guilty of leaking someone's personal information. Offenders face civil penalties like an apology and economic compensation, as well as criminal penalties such as prosecution, detention and fines.
Government offices and other pubic institutions like banks, hospitals and telecommunication offices could pay a maximum fine of 500,000 yuan (US$78,620) if found leaking personal information, according to the amendment.
The amendment stipulates that the first version of ID cards, which was launched in 1985, will be prohibited from use from January 1, 2013.
In 2004, the country introduced a second version. By 2010, 77.6 percent of China's population had received the second version identity card.
The second version of ID cards received before January 1, 2012, will continue to be valid during its 10-year term of validity, says the amendment.
The amendment will take effect on January 1.
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