Region
Latin America
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
Unknown
Digital identity
Yes
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
Unknown
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
e-ID
Qualitative status for implementation
The Ministry of Home Affairs (BiZa) introduced a unique and standardised digital identifier (e-ID) in 2019. The new e-ID card has a machine-readable zone that stores personal data, including a citizen’s e-signature, facial image, and fingerprints. It is intended to be an access key to e-government services – and opens the possibility of verifying online identification for commercial activities
Quantitative status of implementation
2
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
No
Type of institutional governance structure