Region
Asia
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
No
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
No
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Yes
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
National Digital ID Company Limited (NDID)
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
No
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity authority is subject to courts oversight
No
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Yes
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Unknown
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Legally established mechanism
Name of the identity
National digital identity (NDID)
Organizations providing funding
Unknown
Organizations providing technical support
Unknown
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
No
Qualitative status for implementation
Thailand is evolving in enrolling citizens into its blockchain-based biometric digital identity system, managed by the National Digital ID Company Limited (NDID). Since November 2022, registrations have surged by 50 percent, reaching 9.2 million. Currently, half of the population is eligible to join the system as it prepares to launch verifiable credentials and a digital wallet.
Quantitative status of implementation
Pilot
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Yes
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
No
Type of institutional governance structure
Others