Brazil
Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 14:06
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Card Name:
Registro De Identidade Civil
Issuing Agency:
Justice Ministry - Federal Police
Voluntary or Mandatory:
Mandatory Information on the Card:
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Other Information on the Card:
Place of birth, parents’ names, signature
Biometric Technology on the Card:
10 fingerprints and a facial image (in the card’s chip). Facial image, right thumb visible on the card.
Card Purpose:
Traveling inside the country; proof of identity at private and public institutions; voting
Additional Information:
A new eID system was launched in July 2008, to be completed by 2017
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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International Identity Cards Website by David Lyon and Colin Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License.
International Identity Cards Website by David Lyon and Colin Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License.