The law amends articles of law No. 2020-009 of September 10, 2020 relating to the biometric identification of individuals in Togo.
The purpose of the Act is to establish a biometric identification and authentication system for natural persons.
The purpose of the law is to regulate the collection, processing, transmission, storage, use, and protection of personal data.
The purpose of the law is to establish the legal rules applicable to the processing of personal data with the aim of guaranteeing respect for public freedoms and the fundamental rights and guarantees of natural persons.
The law creates the legal framework for civil identification and the issue of national identity cards. The purpose is to collect, process and store the personal data of each citizen in order to establish their civil identity. The law applies to acts of civil identification and the issuing of identity cards to Angolan citizens from the age of at least six.
The law regulates civil status in Togo. It was published in the Official Journal on 30 June 2009 (pages 6 to 11).
The law establishes the conditions for the attribution, acquisition, loss and reacquisition of Angolan nationality.
The Decree institutes a national identity card.