Region
Africa
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Identity act establishes the identity authority being subject to general oversight of the courts
Allow digital authentication
No
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Collects or uses biometric data
No
Digital identity
No
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
Identity act codifies the digital identities legal status
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
Identity act or civil registry act
No
Identity act or secondary policy transparent about the terms of collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Name of the identity
National identity
Qualitative status for implementation
The Government of the Republic of Congo has obtained a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the ‘Digital Transformation Acceleration Project (PATN)’, and intends to use part of the amount of this credit to make payments under the following contract: ‘recruitment of a firm to carry out a review of the legal and regulatory framework for civil status and identification’.
Quantitative status of implementation
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
No
Type of institutional governance structure