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