The Comptroller General’s Department emphasizes facial scanning to protect against rights violations.

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Bangkok, The Comptroller General’s Department reiterates People who use welfare rights through the Money Bag app must have their faces scanned. To prevent the infringement of rights

Miss Thiwaporn Phasuk, Deputy Director-General of the Comptroller General’s Department As a spokesperson for the Comptroller General’s Department, he revealed that in order to protect eligible people from having their state welfare rights be used by others without their consent. The Comptroller General’s Department has given Krung Thai Bank PCL. Develop the money bag application that accepts payment for goods or services with the state welfare rights limit. Eligible persons must use their national identification card and 6-digit PIN Code as well as face scans for payment confirmation. In order to have more safety

Effective from March 11, 2024, excluding disabled people. bedridden patient or the elderly authorized to act on behalf of And groups of people who do not pass the facial scan from the identity verification process (e-K
YC) do not need to scan their face to confirm payment. However, the disabled group bedridden patient or elderly people who are unable to exercise their rights by themselves and have already verified your identity (e-KYC) yourself If it is not convenient to travel to exercise your rights at the store yourself. Can authorize the caregiver to fill out the power of attorney form for the disabled. bedridden patient or elderly people who are unable to come and register in person. and take the documents to process at the Krung Thai Bank PCL branch.

‘From the incident on March 23, 2024, it was reported that those who have the right to exercise the right to purchase products at Blue Flag stores that accept payment for products with the Money Bag application in Chainat Province, when selecting products in the payment process The product will require an ID card. and a 6-digit card pairing code along with a face scan But the face scan didn’t pass, causing the product to be returned. From the investigation, it was found
that on the same day, the said eligible person had already exercised the right to purchase the product. As for the reason that the face scan did not pass due to too much light,’ said a spokesman for the Comptroller General’s Department.

Spokesman of the Comptroller General’s Department Added that To prevent the problem of not being able to scan the faces of eligible people. Let the store or business operator proceed as follows:

1. Have the person entitled to stand in a store location with appropriate lighting. Don’t stand back in the light. No shadow falls on the face.

2. Have eligible persons remove their glasses, hats and face masks (if any) and keep their hair behind their ears while doing the transaction.

3. Keep the eligible person’s face in the frame and look straight, not tilting the head. Do not move your face around while taking face scanning photos.

State welfare rights are the exclusive rights of the eligible person whose name is indicated on the face of the card only. Eligible persons must ke
ep their identification card and 6-digit PIN Code in a safe place. For the benefit of receiving assistance through national identification cards from Thongfah stores, cooking gas stores. and public transport operators You must check the facial image on your national ID card every time before exercising your rights. If checked, it is found that shops and public transport operators do not comply. Participation in the state welfare registration program will be revoked. In case of doubt, you can ask for more information at the Government Welfare Card Call Center. Telephone number 0 2109 2345 and Call Center, Comptroller General’s Department 0 2270 6400 during business hours.

Source: Thai News Agency