24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

Menschenrechte:

Israeli activists fear bus passes may infringe on human rights

Transportation Ministry has compiled a huge, unmonitored database on Israeli citizens, which appears to be far less secure than anything put together by the Interior Ministry.

Human rights activists and government officials are concerned that public transportation ticket packages could potentially infringe on the privacy of passengers. The tickets in question are the Rav-Kav passes used for a variety of public transport purposes.
This possible privacy infringement constitutes an ironic twist, since in recent years the focus of human rights concerns about privacy has been on biometric data banks compiled by the Interior Ministry, along with proposals to issue biometric identity cards. Meantime, away from the spotlight, the Transportation Ministry has compiled a huge, unmonitored database about citizens – which appears to be far less secure than anything put together by the Interior Ministry….