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Maryland Governor Signs On to Real ID

Published on February 8, 2008 in News, Privacy and Real ID. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland has agreed to implement Real ID in the state. The Baltimore Sun provides this analysis on Feb 7, 2008:

Although the Bush administration labels opponents of Real ID as anti-security, the program likely will lessen security by making databases of personal information accessible to third parties and vulnerable to data theft. Further, the underfunded federal mandate of Real ID will force Maryland to divert millions of dollars from the state’s starved homeland security budget, diminishing homeland security preparedness.

Further, Real ID reduces judicial authority to review important immigration-removal decisions. This unaccountable mess also violates the spirit of the Privacy Act of 1974, which requires that individuals must have control over their personal information. Regrettably, DHS’ final regulations for Real ID, issued Jan. 11, fail to make the Privacy Act binding on this program.

Shortly, I will post some interesting aspects of the legislation itself. It mandates that states participate in a program linking their databases to one another. Obviously, tons of electronic exchanges go on everyday without security breach, but on the same note identities are stolen and security is breached everyday. Do we really want the government organizing information like this without a coherent system? Is the government trustworthy with a database of this comprehensive nature?

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