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The Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UM-ID) System

The new ID system seeks to facilitate access to and delivery of quality and effective government services like health insurance, pensions, and housing loans, as well as help those seeking work overseas.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with NEDA Secretary Romulo Neri and NSO Administrator Carmelita Ericta launched last August 23, 2006 the Unified Multi-purpose Identification (UM-ID) System, which integrates all existing ID systems in different government agencies.

The UM-ID system got its clearance after the Supreme Court ruled with finality on June 20, 2006 through an en banc resolution, which upheld the legality of E.O. 420, issued on April 13, 2005, establishing a single ID for all government employees.

Under E.O. 420, 14 items of personal information are to be enumerated in the registry database. These include the person’s name, home address, sex, picture, signature, date and place of birth, marital status, name of parents, height, weight, two index fingers’ thumbmarks, any prominent distinguishing features like moles and others, and TIN. Citizens will not be compelled to obtain the ID card, and those who do not have it will not be denied benefits and services from the government.

Secretary Neri, whose agency has the primary responsibility of implementing the system, assured the public that all data collected and used in the ID system would be treated with strict confidentiality and would not be shared without the consent of the person who owns the data, unless required by law or by a court order. He expects the system to be fully in place by 2007.

To prevent identity theft or the commission of fraud through unauthorized use of the Common Reference Number (CRN) or the UM-ID card, a person’s identity shall be established though visual verification and biometrics authentication, or by comparison of the fingerprint template generated from a live fingerprint scan against the fingerprint template stored in the UM-ID card or at the CRN Registry.

NSO is tasked to maintain the Central Verification and Enrollment Agency (CVEA), which will administer the verification process of registration data (personal data and biometrics data) submitted about an individual. The agency will also handle the subsequent storage of such data into the CRN Registry or collection of identification records of all individuals successfully enrolled and maintained by the CVEA.

Implementing Rules and Regulations
SUPREME COURT DECISION

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