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As part of promoting digitization, which Prime Minister Yoshii Suga has positioned as an important policy, he focuses on promoting the dissemination of My Number Cards. With the goal of acquiring all citizens by the end of 2022, it will begin to be used as a health insurance certificate in March next year, and it is planned to be integrated with a driver’s license. Although we will improve convenience, there is deep concern among the public about the leakage of personal information, and there is concern that voluntary acquisition is virtually mandatory. (Shunsuke Inoue)
◆ Appeal “safety, security and convenience”
“I would like you to recognize that My Number Card is a” safe, secure and highly convenient passport for the digital society. “
Takuya Hirai, Minister of Digital Reform, called the public in the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives on the 17th.
My number card is equipped with an IC chip that can authenticate people on the back, allowing you to verify your identity online. The government is indispensable for the realization of a “society where all the paperwork can be done without having to go to the government office”, and the prime minister plans that the Digital Agency, which is scheduled to be established next fall, will take over to promote dissemination.
The card was issued in 2016, but it has not been widely used because its use is limited to obtaining a resident card at a convenience store, and the issuance rate as of April 1 this year was slow at 16%. In July, the government began accepting requests to return up to 5,000 yen in “minor points” that can be used for meals and purchases to people with cards as an outreach measure. The number of applications has increased considerably and the rate of applications to 17 this month, including those that have already been issued, was 25.3%.
◆ Comprehensive with insurance certificate and license
The government plans to integrate it with a driver’s license for 2014 in addition to the health insurance certificate. Starting at the end of this month, we will send an application form with a QR code that can be applied from a smartphone to those who have not purchased it to encourage them to apply.
Mr. Hirai denied that compulsory acquisition legislation would not work if forced, but was quick to popularize it, saying: “If we can use it more effectively, we will have a world where we cannot live without it.” The LDP’s proposal on digital policy, which was compiled on the 17th, included the future abolition of insurance cards through integration with cards.
◆ It must be arbitrary …
Toshiro Miyazaki (59), secretary of the civic group “Network without a common number”, warned against such movements of the government and the ruling party that “my number card, which must be arbitrary, will be mandatory.” “The reason we only get this many people is that the anxiety of dropping or misusing is better than the feeling that the card will enrich our lives. A lot of people have that feeling. It’s a sign of.”
