Human Rights and Business

Privacy Rights in the Fintech Era: Examining the Egyptian Legal Framework and its Implementation Hurdles

April 15, 2025

This paper provides an overview of Egypt’s fintech sector, examining its recent evolution, prevailing trends, and future growth prospects, alongside the obstacles and challenges impeding this growth. The paper also discusses concerns about privacy violations stemming from legislative shortcomings.

Digital Technology and Education in Egypt: Development Ambitions Confronting the Constraints of Reality

April 7, 2025

This paper examines how digital technology can help both repair and advance Egypt’s education system. It highlights the opportunities technology offers for improving education quality and the main challenges that hinder its effective use in education reform and development.

Digital Marketing and User Rights: How Do Algorithms Influence Our Decisions?

March 18, 2025

This paper discusses the impact of digital advertising and online marketing algorithms on the digital rights of internet users, with a focus on freedom of choice, consumer rights, and the right to privacy.

Echo Chambers and Recommendation Algorithms: Who Decides What We See Online?

February 24, 2025

This paper seeks to explore the phenomenon of echo chambers and their negative impact on social media users’ exercise of their digital rights. The paper defines echo chambers, explains how they form, and discusses the impact of echo chambers on the right to freedom of expression, privacy, and access to information.

The Right to Access Information: The Impact of Intellectual Property Laws on Freedom of Information

February 3, 2025

This paper examines the shortcomings of traditional intellectual property laws in balancing creators’ rights with the right to access information, particularly in the context of technological advancements.

Invisible Surveillance: How Does Digital Technology Threaten Workers’ Rights?

December 2, 2024

This paper examines how digital technology is impacting workers’ rights in the modern workplace. It focuses on three key areas: employment policies, workplace surveillance, and performance appraisal. The paper also outlines essential digital rights for workers, emphasizing fairness, privacy, transparency, and just treatment in the workplace.

The Future of Smart Cities: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities for Development Justice

November 11, 2024

This paper aims to present a balanced view of Egypt’s smart cities program, discussing it as a strategic option while highlighting its objectives and current vision. The paper also reviews the Egyptian government’s partnerships in this program and discusses their potential impacts, in addition to the most important precautions needed to balance the expected positive outcomes and potential negatives of the program.

Digital Technology: New Opportunities, Persistent Challenges in Developing and Poor Countries

October 7, 2024

This paper explores the potential of digital technology to help developing economies catch up with advanced industrial economies. It examines how digital technology can boost economic and social development, but also highlights the challenges these countries face in adopting and using this technology effectively.

Between Reality and Legislation: Issues with the Law Regulating the Technologists Syndicate

August 19, 2024

This paper seeks to provide a critical reading of the law establishing a professional syndicate for technologists. The paper also reviews the structure and philosophy of the law, along with some of its most important provisions, and offers a critique of the law by highlighting the main problematic issues within its articles.