Regulatory Alerts2018-01-01
Law No. 175 of 2018
Issued by the Egyptian Parliament in 2018, Law No. 175 mandates strict data retention, security, and cooperation obligations for telecommunications and IT service providers while establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction and international cooperation frameworks. The legislation criminalizes unauthorized access, data interception, system tampering, privacy violations, and payment fraud, prescribing escalating imprisonment and substantial fines based on the severity and target of the offense. It further empowers judicial authorities to issue search, seizure, website blocking, and travel ban orders, while defining the admissibility of digital evidence and the administrative liability of service providers and platform administrators.
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