Cost and Privacy Concerns Cited In New Rules for Driver's Licenses
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A law enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to secure U.S. driver's licenses will cost $23.1 billion over 10 years, require motorists born after 1935 to present birth certificates or passports, and add $28 to the cost of issuing each license, officials said yesterday.
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Minnesota will soon begin issuing new driver&#39;s licenses that contain high-tech features to curb counterfeiting, as well as a &quot;status check&quot; that will show a driver&#39;s immigration status.
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Last week's changes to the payment card industry data security standard should help address some outstanding implementation issues, analysts say.
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Industry groups are skeptical about the U.S. government plan to add long-range RFID technology to driver's licenses to improve border security.
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A new RFID-chipped passport card that can be read up to 30 feet away -- and on which the data's not encrypted -- has drawn censure from the Centers for Democracy and Technology, which foresees covert location tracking and an increase in ID theft on the horizon. (If you filed an objection to this program already, by the way, the government says you just don't understand it.)
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NEW YORK -- The state Department of Motor Vehicles may suspend the driver&#39;s licenses of up to 300,000 people, many of whom are illegal immigrants, because their Social Security numbers couldn&#39;t be verified, the DMV commissioner testified ...
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes. Now it's also the flash point for an argument about how best to balance America's security needs with worries that personal privacy could be swept away.
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A program being launched at 10 U.S. airports this year will expand existing identification checks for visitors, including requiring 10 digital fingerprints, but still operate under strict privacy rules, a senior U.S. official said Monday.
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The government ordered U.S. airlines Friday to turn over personal information about passengers so it can test a system for identifying potential terrorists. The move was expected but nonetheless brought protests from civil libertarians worried about invasions of privacy.
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Top official suggests more "secure" IDs envisioned by controversial law will help pharmacies to ferret out customers buying over-the-counter ingredients to concoct the drug.
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Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
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Proposed new U.S. fee increases would make it a lot more expensive for immigrants to become citizens, a report said.  Among its proposals is one to raise the application fee for U.S.
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A background check mandated by the federal government for certain contractors as part of a smart-card credentialing program raises serious privacy issues according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has extended an injunction against the practice.
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WASHINGTON  - The federal government's latest attempt to improve   security checks of airline passengers is prompting privacy concerns here and abroad.
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Costs tied to the country's controversial biometric ID card plan will cause the price of new passports to soar.
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The government said on Friday it will temporarily relax new rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.
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Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip.