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ACRI: Biometric info breach would be irreversibly damaging

By JPOST.COM STAFF

OCTOBER 24, 2011 14:06

The Association for Civil Rights (ACRI) in Israel praised the Justice Ministry for solving the five-year-old case of the theft of personal information from the Population Registry but warned that in the future, with a biometric registry, when such information is obtained by criminals or terrorists, the damage will be irreversible.

The case of the stolen information from the Population Registry "is a warning to all Israeli residents: Don't give your finger prints to somebody who doesn't know how to guard much less sensitive personal information," head of privacy and information for ACRI, lawyer Avner Pinchuk said.

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The Interior Ministry, Pinchuk added, "recently admitted that the leaking of biometric information will cause 'irreparable damage to a citizen' but promises us that it knows how to protect the biometric registry." The pilot program for biometric identity cards is set to begin later this year.

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