[b]Update 7.30pm:[/b] A legal expert has warned the state could be liable to pay compensation to the three million people who have a Public Services Card. Simon McGarr from Data Compliance Europe told an Oireachtas Committee earlier that the government may be in breach of new EU data protection laws if it continues to expand terms of the PSC. Later this year people will need a Public Services Card to get a drivers licence or passport, as well as social welfare payments. A Public Services Card may then be issued as a physical token of proof of having successfully completed that identity verification. "Detailed information regarding the legislative basis underpinning the SAFE 2 registration process and the PSC is available in the Department’s ‘Comprehensive Guide to SAFE registration and the Public Services Card’ Q&A, published in October 2017 which is published on our website[b]Earlier: Public Services Card may breach EU data protection law, committee hears[/b]The government may be in breach of EU data protection law over the Public Services Card.

Source: Evening echo February 08, 2018 15:00 UTC