Automated driving licence using NFC
Keywords:
NFC, ISO, RTO, ID, RIMAbstract
French drivers are now being issued with new multi-application driving licenses based on contactless smart
cards that contain both a public and a private data area. The private area can only be accessed and verified by police
and other authorities while the public area can be read by an NFC phone and used by third parties to, for instance. The
polycarbonate driving licenses house an ISO 14443 compliant microprocessor that includes two storage areas, one for
public and one for private data. The private space will be used to store driving license data so that it can be verified by
police officers in cases involving suspected fraud or other criminality. The space provisioned for public usage will be
offered to a variety of service providers and will be able to be read by an NFC phone.