IPFS News Link • Domestic Policy
5 Signs You Are Dealing with Real ID in 2012
• BeatTheChip.orgLooking back to May 2008, many doubled up on identity theft prevention services, aluminum wallets, RFID shields and banking encryption to fend off the digital privacy drawbacks of carrying a national ID card or drivers license. Sometime later, the Real ID Act was banned in over 25 States in legislatures citing potential loss of privacy and expensive costs to states to maintain the new systems. The law became virtually unenforceable as a national identity system, but are citizens and residents really free and clear of the negative impacts stemming from Real ID?
While the Obama Administration pledged there would be no enforcement of Real ID regulations, there has been an increase in identity requirements nationwide and some appropriations to States this year for the program. These actions seem to be consistent with a Homeland Security hearing discussion; which no longer defers the national deadline for individual compliance. It is now set for January 15th, 2013.
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