National ID card

Introduction

National identity card is very much important for a resident of any country as it needed in every aspect of the life; most importantly it shows your association with the country. Large and small countries considered the cons and pros of national ID cards. Some of the reasons that are being in debated which related to the National ID card comprises of immigration, economics reason and border control.

The need of National ID card is to clear identification of citizen for the reason to avail the employment and citizenship benefits. When assessing who should receive medical services by the government and who do not, here national ID card plays a critical role in recognition of the national citizen. In any country, a national identity card is a small plastic card with printed or embossed information on it. The information contains personal details or we can say information related to identity of that individual. It is mandatory for people to carry the national identity card as means of proofing their identity.

After the World-trade-centre tragedy, of September 11, 2001, countries that did not have a national identity card system have considered implementing it so as to differentiate terrorists from the general population. Few countries have even considered the use of biometric techniques such as fingerprint recognition to authenticate the identity of a card holder (Huleatt & Richard, Pp. 1).

Discussion

Advantages of National ID card

Information Associate

A lot of information associated with ID cards. For instances, ID card can carry information that related to the medical or health risk. ID cards can be scanned, and importance information associated with the person can easily be acquired from the national data base in case of emergency. This is the only way to recognized a person when a patient is seriously injured or unconscious and cannot be identify, through national ID card one can verify his/her identity (Huleatt & Richard, Pp. 1).

Security

The implementation of the national ID card is because of the security reasons. Officials of the government can check individuals who are not supposed to be in confined area, such as individuals who are deemed from threats of national security or performing certain actions like flying. They also help law enforcement identity on an individual who committed a crime. An individual owning national ID card can help them in law enforcement situations (Krueger et al., Pp.515).

Identity Theft

The benefits of a national identity card depend upon various technical and organizational factors. These include the information used to establish identity and the authenticity of data. If an ID card system is formed with biometric information and real-time monitoring, it can also serve as surveillance and authorization system National Identity card also serves as the distinguishing feature for the general population from illegal residents. This is also a security benefit and it highly depends on the quality of data input into the system. Various businesses required to show their national ID cards with state-issued identification cards, some states might not use the most fail-safe measures against card ...