Tech and Law
The Right to Privacy in Egyptian Laws.. Legislative Obstacles and Unfinished Steps
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
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?
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…
Masaar: The crime of assaulting the values of the Egyptian family is unconstitutional
Download memorandum “Masaar” submitted this memorandum due to the repeated use of Article 25 by the investigation bodies and the law enforcement authorities, to suppress freedom of expression on various entertainment platforms and to restrict the freedom to use the Internet. The authorities have arrested around nine females since April 2020, and referred them to…
8-bit: Internet Censorship in the Arab Region
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…
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