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Is a listed company, in Egypt
Law No. 175 of 2018, Service Providers' Duty to Secure Data and Informationsince 2 lines
Law No. 175 of 2018, Art. 2 (First) (service providers' duty to secure data) · Read the law's page
- This binds a service provider, any natural or legal person who provides information and communication technology services to users, including one who processes or stores information directly or on behalf of others (Article 1; reached by declaring any activity that provides such a service to users).
- Secure the data and information you handle to ensure its confidentiality, prevent unauthorized access, and protect against damage (Article 2, First).
Law No. 175 of 2018, Duty of a Legal Entity's Manager to Report a Crime Against Its Systemsince 2 lines
Law No. 175 of 2018, Art. 35 (duty to report a crime against an entity's system) · Read the law's page
- This binds any person responsible for the actual management of a legal entity whose designated website, account, email or information system is subjected to a crime stipulated in Law No. 175 of 2018, whether or not any personal data is involved.
- Report the crime to the competent authorities upon becoming aware of it (Article 35).
Egypt Personal Data Protection Law, the Center, judicial control and penaltiessince 4 lines
Law No. 151 of 2020, Articles 19-31 and 34-44 (the Center, judicial control and penalties) · Read the law's page
- Expect the Personal Data Protection Center to decide a complaint against you within thirty working days of its submission, and carry out its decision within seven working days of being told of it, telling the Center once you have.
- Expect the Center's employees, appointed by the Minister of Justice, to hold judicial control powers over violations of the Law.
- Expect the penalties to apply without prejudice to severer sanctions under any other law and without prejudice to an injured party's right to seek damages from you.
- Note that a legal representative of a juristic person is personally penalised for the person's failure to fulfil its obligations, and a Data Protection Officer for failing to carry out the article 9 duties.