PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD HAVING SELECTABLE IDENTIFICATION MEANS OR IDENTIFICATION LEVELS

A personal identification terminal includes a plurality of identification means or a plurality of identification levels that are selectable for use, and means for selecting one of the plural identification means or one of the identification levels in accordance with identification means/level setting information that is received from a server every time when receiving a request for identification from the server. The personal identification terminal sends used means/level information that indicates one of the identification means or one of the identification levels that was used for the real identification back to the server in a format that enables detection of an alteration thereof together with a result of the identification.