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Henry J. Boitel
[Attorney at Law]
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Presentation Category
Biometrics Theories & Visions
Stream
Corporate & Government
Presentation Title
UBID - The Universal Biometric Identification Vision
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Contact
T. +1 516 594 1234
F. +1 516 536 8766
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Biography
Henry J. Boitel is editor of Biometric Bits, an internationally acclaimed summary of developments in identity management, that is published several times each week via the discussion list of the Biometric Consortium. He is also the author of Biometric Hits, an opinion column concerning public policy and standards relating to identity management.
Mr. Boitel is a former special assistant attorney general of the State of New York. As a criminal defense lawyer, he argued for the enforcement of the right of privacy and other civil liberties in state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.
From 1991 until 1996 Mr. Boitel resided in London, where he was Managing Director of BIMCOM, a pioneering world-wide data communications network for the maritime industry. His first formal work in identity management was in 1994 when he authored and presented a study for the International Road Transport Union (IRU), proposing the use of biometrics and other electronic monitoring of trans-border road transport drivers and vehicles in place of the long standing tir carnet system. He is a public interest advocate for the adoption of national and international universal biometric identification (UBID) systems, with particular emphasis upon standards that will resolve or minimize avoidable conflicts amongst the values of personal privacy, personal security and public security.
Mr. Boitel is a graduate of St. John's University (B.A) in New York and the University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D.)
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Abstract
A Universal Biometric ID (UBID) system is inevitable. Resistance to a unified, reliable and efficient mandatory ID system, is resulting in a proliferation of cumulatively more expensive, small systems that are less effective and less susceptible to regulation for reliability and privacy.
The primary function of identity management is to safeguard against identity theft and related frauds, while assuring that the individual will not be subjected to unnecessary inconvenience, embarrassment or loss of privacy. It should be a deemed a fundamental right of the individual to have his government promptly, efficiently and accurately certify his identity through a system available for that purpose. This is a logical and necessary extension of the long standing birth certificate and passport processes.
Ordinary fraud and rational governmental policy, alone, would justify inauguration of a UBID system. In the post 9/11 world, a UBID brings the added bonuses of being a significant milestone in returning the social and business environments toward normalcy, and being the only effective filter for persons who enter or remain in the Country illegally.
The presentation will include explanation of misperceptions concerning the function and advantages of proper identity management. Two of the mistakes often made in discussions of identity management are: 1. confusion of identity management with character or personality management, and 2. confusion of identity management with the details of the data, rights and entitlements with which that identity may be associated.
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