Tunisia-Biometric ID is an unacceptable project, says Chawki Gaddes

Chawki Gaddes, president of the National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (INPDP) announced, this Friday, March 18, 2022, that there are hazards with respect to the execution of this new system of identity cards. and biometric passports. S

peaking this Friday on a private radio station, Gaddes believed that it was unacceptable to set up a collective database, especially in view of the ministry’s choice to permit remote reading of this data. “These choices go against the principles of democratic states,” he said. He said that the INPDP supports this biometric CIN project as the only way to develop electronic administration, though reservations remain.