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The data stored on the chip is protected from alteration by the latest digital signature technology. As the Department of State implements this new technology, it will include passport features that will protect the security and privacy of passport bearers. We will share more information about these measures once testing is completed. The Department of State will not issue passports incorporating integrated circuits until privacy-related concerns have been addressed.
The Department of State is currently coordinating testing of components for possible use in the new passport. Once testing has ended and a final passport configuration that meets the security and privacy needs of our citizens has been completed, electronic passports will be phased in at all 16 passport issuance locations in the domestic United States.
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