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No to biometrics ID in the Republic of Mauritius

Created by M.L. on August 22, 2014

the petition is to say NO to new ID cards with biometrics information on it.
Right to liberty of expression and for all civilians to keep his personal identity data for himself.
Since we citizens are being ransomed (this is how a number of us feel about being threatened with a Rs 100 000 fine and or a 5 year imprisonment sentence in case we refuse to surrender ourselves to a centralised data centre through our fingerprints and other – undefined – personal data), The people of Britain, Australia and the U.S.A., in their wisdom, rose up against this type of Smart Card when their respective Governments introduced them. They knew the dangers for freedom of movement and the right to one’s privacy. They know the dangers of such centralized data systems. Adolf Hitler, for example, us

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