Ecuador
Posted Friday, September 4, 2009 - 06:04
Card Name:
Cedula de Identidad
Issuing Agency:
Dirección General de Registro Civil, Identificación y Cedulación
Voluntary or Mandatory:
Mandatory Information on the Card:
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Fingerprint
Date of Issue
Years Valid
Other Information on the Card:
Place of birth, level of education, signature, marital status, parents’ names, place of issuance
Biometric Technology on the Card:
Facial image and one fingerprint
Card Purpose:
Traveling inside the country; proof of identity at private and public institutions; voting
Corporate Involvement:
On Track Innovations
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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