News&Press Releases
Joint Statement: Rights Organizations Call for an End to Requiring Telecom Users in Egypt to Provide Biometric Data
The undersigned organizations reject any policy that makes providing a facial image, fingerprint, or other biometric identifier data a condition for registering, managing, or recovering a mobile phone line; using the “My Numbers” service; or challenging the registration of mobile lines in an individual’s name without their knowledge.
From General Rules to Enforceable Obligations: Masaar and EIPR Publish a Legal Commentary on the Executive Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law
This commentary offers an analysis of the Executive Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law as the instrument governing how the rights to privacy and personal data protection are implemented in practice in the digital sphere.
Masaar and “Defense” Release Research Paper on Platform Work in Egypt’s New Labor Law
Masaar and “Defense – Khaled Ali Law Office” have published a new research paper titled “Modern Work Patterns in the New Labor Law: Between Legislative Recognition and Implementation Challenges.”
Updates to the ICT Laws Aggregator
Masaar announces the launch of an update to the ICT Laws Aggregator. New laws, executive regulations, and rulings from the Economic Court have been added to the Aggregator, bringing the total number of available laws to 17 and rulings to 52, classified into 5 main categories and over 80 subcategories.
A Suspended Law: Two years after the issuance of the Personal Data Protection Law, its executive regulations haven’t been issued
Press Release: Although two years have passed since the Personal Data Protection Law (PDP) have been issued (July 2020), it is still suspended because its executive regulations weren’t issued yet, though issuance articles of the law have determined the date of issuing the executive regulations to be within 6 months of the coming into […]
Masaar launches the ICT Laws Aggregator
Masaar – Technology and Law Community announces the launch of the ICT Laws Aggregator; a tool that contains laws related to digital rights in Egypt. The ICT Law Aggregator includes 10 laws, in addition to articles of the Egyptian Constitution issued in 2014. The ICT Laws Aggregator can be searched through many different classifications […]
Connect.. Masaar launches a new section on its website
Masaar – Technology and Law Community launched on its website a new section with the name “Connect”, to feature articles and present a podcast on technology and law. The content published in this section will be based on questions and consultations received by Masaar. This section will provide responses to questions and consultations through articles […]
Statement from global civil society on the impact of Facebook, Google and Twitter: Concern for democracy and human rights must not end at the US’s borders
We are organisations working globally to strengthen democracy and human rights. Today we are demanding that Facebook, Google, and Twitter urgently demonstrate the concern they have claimed toward democratic processes in the United States to the remaining 96% of humanity. Immediate action is needed to avoid further aiding and abetting harm to democracy and human […]
Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa
Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest over injustice and state marginalization, igniting mass uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and other countries across the Middle East and North Africa. As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring, we, the undersigned activists, journalists, and human […]