DocumentCode :
3103001
Title :
Public attitudes towards a national identity "smart card:" privacy and security concerns
Author :
Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ; Han, Hyo-Joo ; Briller, Vladimir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
fYear :
2003
fDate :
6-9 Jan. 2003
Abstract :
Tracking technologies use pervasive information systems to scan and record the location of individuals and to transfer information about them to and from a central database. One potential application is a "smart" national identity card (NID). National polls have shown a strong majority of Americans favor an NID in recent months. This study uses a telephone poll with 400 respondents and semistructured interviews with 29 New Jersey adults to explore in depth the concerns and opinions that explain the "surface" opinion that is elicited with a single question. The results indicate that most people actually have very mixed feelings, with strong reservations about privacy and civil rights implications and also the security of the information on the card itself from theft or misuse.
Keywords :
data privacy; government data processing; public administration; security of data; smart cards; socio-economic effects; Americans; New Jersey adults; USA; central database; civil rights; individual location; information security; information transfer; national identity card; pervasive information systems; privacy concerns; public attitudes; security concerns; semistructured interviews; smart card; surface opinion; telephone poll; tracking technologies; Data security; Databases; Fingerprint recognition; Global Positioning System; Information security; Information systems; National security; Privacy; Smart cards; Telephony;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1874-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174312
Filename :
1174312
Link To Document :
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