Privacy Advocates Resist REAL ID Act
Some states, privacy advocates have joined to fight the 2005 federal law aimed at better validating identification.
A Gartner report released in March outlines recommendations for states to prepare for Real ID: implement integrated document scanning, authentication and storage systems; develop privacy protections to prevent personally identifiable information from being exchanged between jurisdictions; and collaborate with other states to develop "pointer-type" systems to determine whether an individual already possesses an ID from another jurisdiction.
Additional reporting by Grant Gross of IDG News Service.
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