REPUBLIC OF BENIN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN
LAW N° 2009-09 OF MAY 22, 2009
Dealing with the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
in the Republic of Benin.
The National Assembly considered and adopted/voted during its session of
April 27, 2009.
Further to the Decision of Conformity to the Constitution DCC 09-064 of May
19, 2009 of the Constitutional Court,
The President of the Republic promulgates the law/act which states the
following:
CHAPTER ONE:
PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS
ARITCLE I
PRINCIPLES
Section One(1): The present law/act applies to the digital processing of
personally identifiable information, contained or to be displayed(inserted) in
digital files, entirely or partially, or in manuals.
Section Two(2): Information Science is to serve the humankind, it should not
harm the human identity, the privacy of an individual, the human rights, the
public, individual and collective liberties.
Section Three(3): Any personal identification mechanism based on nominative,
personal and biometric information collected from biometric records and finger