Legislation

There is current work being done for drafting of legislation related to the following below:

• Amendments to the Birth, Death, Marriages Registration Act
• Amendments to the National ID Card Act
• Cybersecurity Bill
• Cybercrimes Bill
• Data Protection & Privacy Bill

This work is a current activity under the Tonga Digital Government Support Project under component 1.2.

Legal and regulatory framework for Digital Government including Civil Registration and national ID systems. This subcomponent will finance advisory services for modernizing the legal and regulatory frameworks institutional and governance arrangements, data security, data protection, authentication protocols and processes, privacy, transparency, non-discrimination and support for digital transactions.