The digital ID card has been suspended due to information security disputes. Digital Development Minister Tang Feng emphasized in an interview yesterday that there is no problem with the card itself.

The picture shows a digital ID card sample.

(Information photo, taken from the website of the Ministry of the Interior)

The digital department will build a T-road encryption system to ensure data security during transmission

[Reporter Xu Ziling/Taipei Report] The digital ID card has been suspended due to information security disputes. Digital Development Minister Tang Feng emphasized in an interview yesterday that there is no problem with the card itself. The outside world has doubts about how to protect the personal information of the people when it is transmitted between government agencies. Security, the digital department will assist the information security A-level agency to introduce the "T-road" encryption system at the end of next year to ensure the security of transmission.

As for whether to restart the digital ID card policy, it will be deliberated by the future independent personal information agency.

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The year before last due to information security disputes suspended

Tang Feng: There is no problem with the card itself

The digital ID card policy will be suspended in 2021, and the media will focus on whether the manufacturer's fees will be paid by the public, as well as related information security issues.

Tang Feng clarified that there is no problem with the information security of the card itself. At that time, the outside world had doubts about how to ensure the personal information of the public when the digital ID card is launched. Safety?

Tang Feng explained that the T-road system built by the Digital Department can ensure the security of personal information transmitted by government agencies.

The Constitutional Court's previous judgments also believed that an independent agency should be established to supervise the use of back-end data. In this regard, the National Development Council has proposed amendments to the Personal Information Law. Next, with the support of the Legislative Yuan, an independent agency dedicated to personal information will be established.

The transmission process is fully encrypted with the authority's certificate to prevent the sending and receiving ends from stealing data

The so-called T-Road is a "government data transmission platform". The data transmission network segment is not connected to the external service network segment to ensure data security. The transmission process is encrypted with the certificate of the government throughout the process, which can prevent interested parties from stealing data at both ends of the sending and receiving ends. , Abnormal behavior of self-stealing.

As for whether the manufacturer's claim of one billion yuan in compensation is true?

Tang Feng emphasized that the premise is that the independent agency of personal information believes that it should not continue to promote, and the digital department is responsible for policies such as T-road and "zero trust". , to be reviewed by an independent agency responsible for personal information.

After the establishment of the independent agency

Whether to continue to push or not to re-integrate opinions across ministries

Will the digital ID card be continuously implemented?

The Executive Yuan stated a few days ago that after the establishment of an independent agency for personal information, the government will conduct cross-ministerial opinion integration on policy, information security, legal system, and application.

As for the contract performance dispute, it is being actively mediated by the engineering association.

Digital Development Minister Tang Feng emphasized in an interview yesterday that the digital ID card itself has no problems, and the "T-road" encryption system will be introduced to ensure personal information.

(Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)