43 Groups Join Campaign to Stop REAL ID
Today, 43 organizations begin a campaign against the illegal national identification system created by the Department of Homeland Security under the REAL ID program. The national campaign solicits public comments to stop a national ID scheme without adequate privacy and security safeguards; which will make it more difficult for people to get driver's licenses; and which will make it too easy for identity thieves, stalkers, and corrupt government officials to get access to the personal data of 245 million individuals. The draft regulations to implement the REAL ID Act are open for comment until 5 p.m. EST on May 8, 2007. To take action and submit comments against the fundamentally flawed national identification scheme, visit Stop REAL ID Campaign and EPIC's National ID Cards and REAL ID Act page.
Stop REAL ID, May 1, 2007.
