The new digital identity card, which Marlène Schiappa is due to unveil this Tuesday, March 16, will, in particular, make it possible to fight against identity theft.
The Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, in charge of Citizenship, details exclusively for Le Parisien - Today in France the outlines of this new card and its practical aspects.
Why create a new identity card?
MARLÈNE SCHIAPPA.
It is first and foremost a question of protecting everyone's identity and their security.
Each year, more than 30,000 people have their identity theft.
This has a huge cost, not to mention the psychological damage to those who are victims.
This is the case, for example, when a person takes out revolving revolving credit in someone else's name or when an individual purchases a car under a false identity.
This digital identity card also secures identification for air transport passengers.
The previous national identity card dated from 1995. We do not respond to the problems of 2021 with solutions from 1995. The Cnil
(Editor's note: National Commission for Informatics and Liberties)
welcomed our new secure title project.
It is a major reform which concerns 100% of French people that the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior have asked me to launch!
What are the new security devices it includes?
This card complies with European standards and fits in a wallet, in the format of a bank card.
It contains an electronic chip that cannot be falsified with biometric data (two fingerprints).
It has a QR code containing elements such as name, gender, place of birth.
On the back, there is a hologram ID photo, which is only visible under a certain tilt.
The validity period of the new card will be ten years, and more than fifteen years, to guarantee that the components will be up to date with the latest technological developments.
When does it come into effect?
An experiment begins this Tuesday, March 16 in the Oise.
I am going to Douai
(North)
with the AMF
(Association of Mayors of France)
, where the national printing press that manufactures them is located.
Then, on March 29, two departments will adopt it: Seine-Maritime, marked by the commitment to this project by the mayor of Havre Edouard Philippe, and Réunion.
From May 17 to August 2, it will be generalized in Hauts-de-France, Normandy, Overseas, Ile-de-France, Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Bourgogne-Franche -Comté, New Aquitaine, the Center - Loire Valley region.
It will finally be in place throughout the territory from August 2.
What if you already have a valid identity card?
Should we change it?
No, the current card remains valid until the expiration date.
After this date, you can apply for the new card.
I remind you that this is free and optional.
It allows travel within the framework of the European Union without a passport.
And thanks to its chip, its renewal in the event of loss or theft will be simplified.
It will be less paperwork!
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The CNIL was moved that fingerprints are permanently stored in a centralized database ...
We worked in full transparency under the aegis of the Cnil and the Council of State.
The project was examined by the CNIL, which issued an opinion and recommendations, as well as by the Council of State.
The CNIL will be able to control the file.
Those who do not want their fingerprints to be in the central database will be able to request that they be removed after 90 days.
So these fingerprints will only appear on the microchip.
These fingerprints can also only be used by public authorities to verify that they correspond to the name written on the card.
In any case, they may not be used for purposes other than identification.
Finally, I repeat, no one is obliged to apply for this card.
The State offers a service to fight against identity theft.
Could it one day be used to record the number of identity checks and thus fight against face checks?
This is not the subject and its use is very legally framed.
It will not be scanned most of the time, except by administrations in the event of suspicion of identity theft.
At present, you can present a driver's license, passport, identity card.
It doesn't change.
The Germans create a dematerialized digital identity card.
Should we be inspired by it?
They are different cultures.
In France, we are attached to the hardware card.
This new card will find its place in your wallet or your pocket!