Region
Asia
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Unknown
Transparency in processes to access, review, edit and delete one's identity data
Unknown
Allow digital authentication
Unknown
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Unknown
Claim to have a digital identity
Yes
Collects or uses biometric data
Yes
Data Protection Act
No
Digital identity has legal status
Unknown
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Unknown
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA)
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
Unknown
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity authority is subject to courts oversight
Unknown
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Unknown
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Unknown
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Unknown
Name of the identity
National digital identity
Organizations providing funding
Unknown
Organizations providing technical support
Unknown
Personal data breach notification
No
Procedural rules for the ID
Unknown
Qualitative status for implementation
According to Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), 3.12 million national digital ID cards were distrubuted in the country from March 2023 to March 2024, after severe delays registered in 2022.
Quantitative status of implementation
Rollout
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Unknown
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Unknown
Type of institutional governance structure
Others
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