Africa: Strengthen Citizen Privacy Protection Measures, African ID Agencies Told

Identity card agencies across the continent have been called upon to put in place more measures that will see the protection of the right to privacy of citizens using the systems.

Discussing a topic, "Legal frameworks and governance of identity management systems," at the ID4 Africa Forum in Kigali yesterday, experts brainstormed on privacy risks identity and identification systems may face that require attention and mitigation, as well as construction of framework to protect the legal rights and the privacy of personal information in ID systems.

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