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there is more to business than the buying and selling of goods. The existence of
an infrastructure of everyday transactions and
public services can strongly
influence an international company to invest on foreign soil.
Online retail
transactions are just one of the ways in which digital certificates are being
used in Brazil.
The biggest innovation is the planned introduction of new national ID cards embedded with an electronic chip that contains unique identifiers and personal information. The government is currently creating the legal framework that will enable states to issue the new cards, referred to as RIC (Registro de Identidade Civil). Once this process has been completed, pilot schemes will follow.
The move is an attempt to overhaul the cumbersome paper document system that currently exists in Brazil. A single smart ID card will eventually replace five separate paper documents that correspond to an individual’s national ID, social security number, driver's license, voter registration and taxpayer ID – as well as containing a full set of fingerprints, a photograph and facial recognition technology.
Every smart card will be read using an encrypted PKI. This means that the system
will not only be simpler and more convenient in future, but it will also make
identity theft much harder, and forgeries will be extremely difficult indeed.
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