Title: INITIAL ID LAW DATABASE STRUCTURE

Initial ID Law database structure

The two samples chosen for input into the prototype were: 

1. legislation on official ID documents, and  

2. ID theft-related laws. 

For laws of type a), three major aspects were considered relevant: 

A1. Which are the official documents designated by law? 

A2. Is there a general obligation for citizens to show an ID? 

A3. Is there a general obligation for citizens to carry an ID? 

For laws of type b), the starting-point was the well-known United States law, the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998. This is the best-known – and, at the start, the only known – example of a specific law that criminalises ID theft. As a consequence, the initial structure that was decided to be used in the prototype was largely based on the US categorisation of criminal law, with the addition of some general criminal-law categories that were considered relevant to cover specific forms of ID theft or ID fraud.

B1. ID Theft  

B2. ID Fraud 

B3a. ID document Fraud 

B3b. Immigration Document Fraud  

B4a. General Fraud Provisions  

B4b. Paper Fraud  

B4c. Computer Fraud  

B4d. Mail Fraud  

B4e. Wire Fraud  

B4f. Financial Institution Fraud  

B4g. Internet Fraud  

B5. Forgery of ID Documents  

B6. General Forgery Provisions  

B7a. Unlawful Data Collection 

B7b. Unlawful Data Use 

B8. Damage to ID documents 

B9. Imposture 

C. Private Law Provisions 

D. Administrative Law Provisions