Region
Africa
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
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 Identity Registration Authority (NIRA)
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
Legally established mechanism
Name of the identity
National Identification Card
Organizations providing funding
World Bank Government of Pakistan
Organizations providing technical support
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
Unknown
Qualitative status for implementation
In 2023, Somalia was preparing for its first civil registration and identity card issuance exercise in three decades after new legislation was approved by the senate.
Quantitative status of implementation
Rollout
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Yes
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Unknown
Type of institutional governance structure
ID or Registration Authority