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
In the nineties of the last century, as the revolution of the Internet, and breaking information centrality began, some programmers interested in electronic cryptography saw that this revolution has the potential of undermining individuals’ privacy in favor of state and financial institutions power.1 They endeavored early on to launch a movement called Cypherbunk. The movement’s
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An episode on the dangers of relying on artificial intelligence software in making important decisions that affect individuals and societies. The episode presents two examples; Amazon Employment App and Criminal Record Database in America.
Throughout the last few days, Arab and international media outlets have run stories of a new leak concerning NSO Group, one of the most well known Israeli companies active in the fields of surveillance and spying. NSO develops Pegasos, one of the most well known tools used by oppressive governments and regimes for spying on
Joy Buolamwini, a researcher and digital rights activist, discovers that a number of facial recognition applications, cannot recognize dark-skinned people, especially women. Get to know Joy and her story in the fifth episode of “CONNECT” podcast from Masaar – Technology and Law Community. The movie (Coded Bias), which documents Joy’s experience, is available on Netflix.
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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
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In episode four of Connect Podcast about Media and Press Regulation Law, you will listen to: To whom is the law applied? What are the procedures for obtaining a license for news websites? What is the difference between licensing and accreditation? The case of foreign websites according to the law. What are the legal
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Download PDF Background Previously, “Massar – Technology and Law Community” has issued several publications related to internet censorship and blocking of websites in Egypt, which can be accessed via the following links: A timeline of internet censorship events in Egypt. Blocked websites in Egypt Press and Human Rights Websites Blocked in Egypt Using Sandvine
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Users rely on smartphone applications daily to accomplish their personal and professional tasks and communicate with others, and users – usually- keep personal files and data on their phones, whether they are pictures and videos or other information and data such as banking information, chats, and web browsing history, in addition to the data collected
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