If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?

Senegal, Loi No 2017-12 portant Code electoral, accessed 18 July 2019

Article L.53: La carte d'électeur est couplée à la carte d'identité biométrique CEDEAO. Celle-ci fait office de carte d'électeur.

Les données électorales sont mentionnées au verso. Elles comprennent le numéro d'électeur, la région, le département, l'arrondissement, la commune, le lieu de vote, le bureau de vote et le numéro d'identification nationale. […]

IFES, Elections in Senegal: 2017 Parliamentary Elections, Frequently Asked Questions, accessed 21 July 2019

“According to Article L.53 of the Electoral Code, the current administration is responsible for the printing and establishment of voter cards at the expense of the state. The National Autonomous Electoral Commission uses a biometric registration system to collect registration data, and equips all permanent and mobile registration sites with computers and other necessary equipment for fingerprint and photograph capture. In addition to personal data, a digital facial image, signature, and four fingerprints are collected from all applicants. The data is then transferred to a central site in the capital city Dakar for eligibility checks. Once the data is approved, it is transferred to a central production system where an automated system quality assures and produces up to 80,000 cards daily. However, technology is not used for voter identification at polling stations and electronic voting.”

See also:

UNHCR, Senegal: Requirements and procedures to obtain an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) biometric identity card in the country and from abroad; its appearance and the information provided on it (2015-November 2017), accessed 21 July 2019

ECOWAS biometric identity card is used as a voter card.