One day after the Mass-Voll grouping, the Pirate Party announced on Friday that it was launching a referendum against electronic identity. The party says “no to a dangerous digital Swiss passport”. The necessary protective measures must be put in place.
The new electronic identity allows the misuse of sensitive personal data. It does not sufficiently protect against the growing number of cyberattacks, argues the Pirate Party. The law violates the privacy of citizens and endangers democratic freedoms.
Furthermore, the party considers that the objective of electronic identity (e-ID) is “questionable”. Its real intention “remains a mystery”, we can read on the referendum website.
Two uses are mentioned: for administrative procedures and to verify age in daily life. But, points out the Pirate Party, there already exists a login system for administration sites. And the traditional ID card is more suitable for verifying age: no data is recorded during its use.
-The law on e-ID does not offer real guarantees of protection of personal data. It uses key words from data protection language, but this does not guarantee anything, according to the party. Thanks to e-ID, companies will be able to collect, link and analyze data as they wish and create profiles of citizen behavior. These profiles could be used for advertising or political influence purposes, concludes the Pirate Party.
https://loi-e-id-non.ch/
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