National ID
Mohammad Rahman, London, UK
I was surprised to hear that in Bangladesh everyone is talking about the immediate data collection process, which is only a very small fraction of the gigantic task, but no one has any concern about the most important task of data processing, updating and storage.No one has raised any question about how and where the data will be processed and stored. Who will be the custodian of the huge data and how will they ensure the privacy of such sensitive personal information? What infrastructures are needed to secure the data? How the national database can be linked with the national birth and death database maintained by the local authorities? How will the system be kept alive and online so that it can update instantly and securely? I hope that all concerned will look into the entire present and future prospects, so that we don't end up having another white elephant project such as the previous voter list project. Finally, there must be a strong project co-coordinator with high level authority and vision to implement such an important project.
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