Tech and Law

Possible Legislative Alternatives.. About the Executive Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law

August 8, 2021

In July 2020, the Personal Data Protection Law was passed (No. 151 of 2020), a year after its publication, of which most of the rules stipulated are still suspended, for non–issuance of the executive regulations, where the law referred a large number of procedural aspects to the executive regulations, and even referred to the essential […]

The Right to Privacy in Egyptian Laws.. Legislative Obstacles and Unfinished Steps

June 21, 2021

Download PDF Introduction Egypt has passed these recent years through successive legislative developments aiming, largely, to attempt establishing organizational and procedural rules for the technological developments and the use of information technology by individuals and companies. Such legislative developments come under the notion that technological development requires laws that enhance and protect the rights of […]

The Legality of Accessing Blocked Websites and Using Web Proxy Servers

March 7, 2021

The regulatory process of blocking websites and accounts is relatively novel, procedurally and legislatively. This novelty of the procedures makes the interpretations of legislative texts related to some practices uncertain, such as blocking websites. Since the enactment of the Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law, increasing questions have been raised regarding the legality of accessing […]

Personal Data Protection Law: Does it Really Aim at Bolstering the Right to Privacy?

December 5, 2020

Download a copy in PDF format Contents Introduction Egyptians generally suffer from weak legal protection to their ‘right to privacy’. In connection to this, and as regards the data collected by the government during daily administrative dealings, and the data collected by private companies from their clients, there exist several legislative loopholes that allow for […]

8-bit: Internet Censorship in the Arab Region

June 17, 2020

 Masaar “Community for Technology and Law” and Smex “Social Media Exchange”, held a webinar on Wednesday, 10 June, on “Internet Censorship in the Arab Region”, which is the second of a series of discussions entitled “8-bit” that Masaar started with a discussion on “Tools and Applications of Digital Security in Remote Work”. In the […]