ESTABLISHMENTS that will not accept the National ID as proof of identity will be slapped with a P500,000 worth fine, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Further, PSA warned that if a government employee refuses to accept the National ID, the public servant will be disqualified from holding public office or employment in line agencies as well as government- owned and -controlled corporations and subsidiaries.
“As such, the PhilID card shall be accepted as sufficient proof of identity, without the need to present any other identification documents,” PSA said.
The PSA also added that the PhilSys Number (PSN) has been adopted as a key privacy-by-design and security strategy of the PhilSys. The permanent and irrevocable 12-digit PSN is microprinted on the back face of a registered person’s PhilID.
This will allow PhilSys registered persons to retrieve their PSN when needed and prevent others from being able to easily see or capture their PSN.
However, when transacting, PSA advised National ID cardholders to use their 16-digit PhilID Card Number (PCN) instead of their PSN. Similarly, government agencies and private entities were advised not to request the PSN.
“(The PCN is) essentially a public and replaceable token of the PSN that is valid for the life of the PhilID card—is printed conspicuously on the front face of the PhilID card, and is intended to be used for authentication purposes,” PSA said.
“PSA said the PhilSys will provide another form of token to be stored in databases of relying parties that are integrated with the PhilSys, subject to guidelines that will be issued by the PSA in the near future,” it added.
The PSA said the digital authentication and e-KYC using fingerprint, iris, facial, SMS-based One Time Passwords or demographic verification will be launched by PSA toward the end of 2021.
These PhilSys-enabled Services will allow identity to be verified even without the need for a physical PhilID, using the PCN or other tokens.