Region
Latin America
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
No
Allow digital authentication
Yes
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Yes
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
Yes
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
National Directorate of Civil Identification Eletronic Certification Unity
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
Unknown
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Yes
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Yes
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Both
Name of the identity
ID Uruguay
Organizations providing funding
Unknown.
Organizations providing technical support
Thales.
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
Unknown
Qualitative status for implementation
Implementing strategically and iteratively. Uruguay’s digital ID initiative is a long-term and continuously evolving programme. Its legal and political framework was established in 2009 with the enactment of law 18600, which set the foundation for electronic ID and signatures. The market and technical infrastructure, including the accreditation of providers and the integration of cloud services, were developed prior to the launch of services in 2019.
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
Others
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