DRAFT ANALYSIS of the Photo Card Bill 2004 – for letter to Costa, asking for answers to these questions

March 2005 The Photo Card Bill – how to fix it The alternative model recommended in Review of the Photo Card Bill 2004 a photographic card where the card holder can choose how much, or how little, of their personal information will be stored or displayed on the card there be no requirement to provide or maintain current residential address with the card-issuing agency a person may choose to hold more than one card – that is, different cards for different purposes photo cards to be issued by a separate agency to the RTA photo cards to use a different numbering system to drivers’ licences the database supporting the range of photo cards not to be shared or linked in any way to the driver’s licence database held by the RTA the law to explicitly limit the collection and use of data to its original purpose the law to have explicit prohibitions on the sharing of information from the database other than with police for law enforcement purposes Proposed amendments to the Bill to achieve the above model A photographic card where the card holder can choose how much, or how little, of their personal information will be stored or displayed on the card This is necessary to prevent third parties from seeing or collecting more personal information about the Card holder than they need, or the Card holder is comfortable with. This is necessary to protect the security of Card holders, and to minimise the risks of identity fraud or ...