Partnering with campus IS departments will help card manufacturers and integrators overcome possible application problems in a campus setting. A true partnership for development, with banking, credit card and smart card industries joining with colleges, will help to ensure successful integration and functionality of smart card systems on campuses and elsewhere. As smart cards become more prevalent on college campuses, card issuers will have to provide options for students who want more, or less, functionality from their card. The UF system has an active base of more than 60,000 cards used at remote facilities on the main campus, at sporting venues, the Health Science Center and Shands Hospital. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information between institutional members and corporate associates.
Privacy is a technology-neutral issue.
It doesn't matter whether information is recorded on paper in a doctor's office file or resides in a payroll application on a mainframe computer. It is important to consider the privacy of information from the time it is collected, through the life of its use and until the time it is no longer needed and securely destroyed. It is not enough to protect information on a smart card. The responsibility for the protection of the data belongs to the organization that requests it from the individual. In Canada, their staff must understand Fair Information practices and follow them.