Numbers relating to date of birth will remain on Czechs’ ID cards

Numbers relating to people’s date of birth will remain on Czechs’ ID cards, despite the fact that the numbers can be used to decipher the age and gender of the bearer. The lower house passed an amendment to that effect on Tuesday, backtracking on earlier plans to stop using birth numbers on ID cards as of 2025. The amendment still recons on their being removed in due time, but there is no deadline by when the transition should take place.