Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policies. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to establish a single national identification system referred to as the Philippine Identification System" or the PhilSys" for all citizens and resident aliens of the Republic of the Philippines to promote seamless delivery of service, to improve the efficiency, transparency, and targeted delivery of public and social services, to enhance administrative governance, to reduce corruption and curtail bureaucratic red tape to avert fraudulent transactions and misrepresentations to strengthen financial inclusion, and to promote ease of doing business. Towards this end, a resilient digital system shall be deployed to secure the data collected and ensure that the people's right to privacy, confidentiality and other basic rights are at all times upheld and protected.

It is also the declared policy of the State to recognize the indispensable role of the private sector as the main engine of national growth and development, and to provide the most appropriate incentives to mobilize private resources for the purpose of promoting the use and ensuring maximum afficiency of the PhilSys as envisioned in this Act.