[jrvieira]

Not all countries have centralized systems with comprehensive national databases, some purposefully fragment record-keeping across different agencies and limit their access accordingly.

Privacy laws and constitutional protections vary widely across democracies and - in my estimation - for very good reason.

[Almondsetat]

This is about pure and simple national ID. National IDs are already managed at the national level, by definition. Other kinds of records are outside of the topic

[jrvieira]

Would that be your SSN in the US for example? I don't think most people would be in favor of that.

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have no government-issued compulsory identity cards for all citizens.