Prim-ministrul Vlad Filat a prezidat astăzi prima şedinţă a Comisiei guvernamentale pentru integrare europeană. În cadrul şedinţei, Natalia Gherman, Vice-ministru al Afacerilor Externe şi Integrării Europene, negociator-şef al Republicii Moldova pentru Acordul de Asociere cu Uniunea Europeană, a făcut o prezentare a acţiunilor întreprinse în 2009 la capitolul integrare europeană şi a acţiunilor ce urmează să fie întreprinse în 2010. De asemenea, Natalia Gherman a făcut o prezentare privind organizarea procesului de pregătire a instituţiilor Republicii Moldova pentru lansarea procesului de consolidare a capacităţilor instituţionale ale statului în vederea negocierii şi implementării Acordului de Asociere, precum şi pentru implicarea consilierilor de rang înalt în acest proces.
Vice-ministrul a comunicat că, în perioada 1-3 martie, 2010 la Chişinău se va afla Misiunea Comisiei Europene pentru discuţii exploratorii pe marginea dialogului privind liberalizarea regimului de vize şi a solicitat autorităţilor centrale să fie pregătite de întrevederea cu experţii Misiunii. (…)
Premierul a spus că UE va oferi Republicii Moldova ajutor financiar în valoare de 2 mil. euro pentru asigurarea populaţiei cu paşapoarte biometrice, condiţie necesară pentru liberalizarea regimului de vize. Suportul financiar va contribui şi la reducerea cu 33% a costurilor pentru aceste paşapoarte.
Vlad Filat a cerut Ministerului Dezvolătrii Informaţionale şi Comunicaţiilor să prezinte în cel mai scurt timp, o analiză privind termenii de realizare a Strategiei privind asigurarea populaţiei cu acte de identitate biometrice.
Premierul a mai spus că îşi doreşte ca la şedinţele Comisiei guvernamentale pentru integrare europeană să fie discutate probleme, şi nu realizări.
„Realizările trebuie să le simtă cetăţenii (sic!). Noi trebuie să discutăm despre problemele care există şi să găsim soluţii”, a precizat Prim-ministrul. (…)
Sursa: Interlic.md
New Hampshire bill would ban biometrics in ID cards
Angela Moscaritolo
Acting out of concerns for residents’ privacy, the New Hampshire Legislature is considering a bill that would ban the use of biometrics data in identification cards. But at least two trade groups oppose the legislation, saying biometrics technology has a number of security benefits, namely around ID management.
The bill would prohibit biometrics data, including fingerprints, retinal scans and DNA, from being used in state or privately issued ID cards, except for employee ID cards. In addition, it would ban the use of ID devices or systems that require the collection or retention of an individual’s biometric data.
Under the bill, biometric data would also include palm prints, facial feature patterns, handwritten signature characteristics, voice data, iris recognition, keystroke dynamics and hand characteristics.
“That’s the kind of information the government shouldn’t generally require to be gathered about an individual,” New Hampshire Rep. Daniel Itse, who co-sponsored the bill, told SCMagazineUS.com on Wednesday.
But the bill has drawn criticism from several organizations, including the Security Industry Association (SIA), a business trade group covering the electronic and physical security market.
“SIA firmly believes that the broad restrictions proposed by [the bill]… reflects a significant misunderstanding of the security features and privacy safeguards of this widely-adopted technology,” the group said in a statement.
SIA encouraged a New Hampshire House committee to reject the bill and conduct a study into the merits of biometrics technology.
This is the only pending bill of its kind in the nation, but in the past there have been similar legislative actions taken in opposition of biometrics technology, Don Erickson, director of government relations for SIA, told SCMagazineUS.com on Wednesday. (…)
Sursa: SCMagazine
Polish Priest Measures Parishioners’ Piety With Fingerprint Scanner
Aside from the Good Lord, parishioners at a Catholic church in Poland will soon have another seemingly omnipresent being making sure they attend mass: technology. According to Reuters, father Grzegorz Sowa recently installed in his church an electronic fingerprint scanner that keeps track of how often schoolchildren attend mass. If a student attends mass 200 times over a three-year period, he or she doesn’t have to pass an exam before confirmation.
Formerly, the kids would have to get the priest to sign a sheet of paper that said they’d been present at mass. Now, they’ll simply press their finger to a screen and be on their way, saving both priest and parishioner time. “This is comfortable. We don’t have to stand in a line to get the priest’s signature [confirming our presence at the mass] in our confirmation notebooks,” said a student named Karolina.
While the Catholic Church still hasn’t totally embraced technology, recent years have seen it become a little more open. (…)
Sursa: Reuters
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