Alta Driver Licences Raise Privacy Concerns

Once the information is engraved into the card, it cannot be mechanically or chemically removed without leaving obvious signs of tampering.

Mel Fruitman of the Consumers' Association of Canada questions the need for the new card.

"Why should law-abiding citizens be on a file somewhere, where someone could access that for whatever nefarious reason?" he asked. "No computer system is absolutely secure," he said.

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