Region
Caribbean
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Yes
Transparency in processes to access, review, edit and delete one's identity data
Yes
Allow digital authentication
Yes
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
Yes
Digital identity has legal status
Yes
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Unknown
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA)
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
Yes
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity authority is subject to courts oversight
Yes
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
Legally established mechanism
Name of the identity
National identity (NIDS)
Organizations providing funding
Inter-American Development Bank
Organizations providing technical support
Inter-American Development Bank
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
Yes
Qualitative status for implementation
Pilot is being implemented and plans are being finalized to send the draft regulation on Jamaica’s digital ID program to the country’s parliament for examination and possible endorsement. In April 2024, members of the House of Representatives were waiting to receive the proposed legislation on the National Identification System (NIDS).
Quantitative status of implementation
Pilot
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Yes
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Yes
Type of institutional governance structure
ID or Registration Authority