The Israeli Government’s Public Council for the Protection of Privacy (PCPP), whose primary purpose is advising the Minister of Justice, has come out against the creation of a national biometric database, according to a Globes Online article.
The council has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the creation of the database citing worries over risks of information leaks as well as it being a breach of citizens of Israel’s privacy.
In addition to their primary worries over leaks and privacy breaches, the PCPP, who is made up of legal and technology experts, has cited the heavy financial burden that generally is attached to the maintenance of such technology on a large-scale.
Despite this, the council was careful to point that it is not at all opposed to the issuance of biometric IDs for Israel’s citizens, but rather the database itself. As there are multiple options in existence that allow for such a program without the storing of biometric data on a central database, they feel that such a solution would ease their worries regarding privacy breaches, financial burdens and leaks of personal sensitive data.
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