PhilPost to introduce new ID system
State-run Social Security System (SSS) authorised the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) to enroll its members under a new ID system through data capture stations that the postal service agency will set up all over the country, reports The Manila Bulletin.
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“SSS members will benefit from the accessibility and convenience offered by PhilPost’s nationwide network of more than 2,200 offices. It also frees SSS from having to procure, operate and maintain its own enrollment hardware and software,” Romulo Neri, SSS president and chief executive said.
Under the agreement, PhilPost will capture biometric data such as fingerprints, facial image and signature for the issuance of ID cards under the Unified Multipurpose Identification System (UMID).
PhilPost will set up the data capture workstations at SSS branches and postal offices.
The UMID was created in 2005 to reduce costs to the public due to the use of multiple ID cards and redundant databases. SSS was tasked as lead implementing agency due to its experience in managing a large-scale biometric ID system.
