Costa Rica
Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 14:16
Source: http://www.territorioscuola.com/wikipedia/es.wikipedia.php?title=C%C3%A9dula_de_identidad
Card Name:
Cédula de Identidad
Issuing Agency:
Registro Civil - Supreme Electoral Court
Voluntary or Mandatory:
Mandatory Information on the Card:
ID Number
Photo
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Years Valid
Other Information on the Card:
Signature, place of birth
Biometric Technology on the Card:
Facial image (and fingerprints in the barcode)
Card Purpose:
Traveling inside the country; proof of identity at private and public institutions; voting
Additional Information:
Smart card implementation to commence by 2011
Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective, Routledge (2008)
Edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon
Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance, Polity (2009)
By David Lyon
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