Workshop
A critical study of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020
Cairo: Monday 12 October 2020
A historically deeply rooted right to privacy, the right to privacy is an indicator On the civilization and advancement of nations, its manifestations varied and the ways to protect it, and societies were keen to respect it, and considered it It has not only enacted laws to protect it, but rather sought to consolidate it in the minds of now, and this right is still there. It enjoys great interest from international bodies and organizations, constitutions and legal systems.
In light of the rapid technological developments in the modern era, privacy protection issues have become Individuals’ personal data is the focus of great interest on the part of legislators, jurists, and companies, in light of their characteristics With this development, the lack of adherence to geographical borders in communication and the facilitation of the process of collecting a large number of data Personalization, storing and transferring it to others without effort in a flash, and then storing this data in huge quantities and for periods
Unlimited, without the knowledge of the person concerned with the data, which is why the issue of protecting personal data has imposed itself It is strongly on the legal debate arena, and it is an interest that continues to evolve, and its pace has increased with the diversification of the purposes of technology Both marketing and politics
Currently, data protection has become a stable field with its own features, and it has occupied European law Leadership in this regard through the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Which is a model law for many national legislations within and outside the European Union. And as Egypt has been I realized that the regulation and protection of personal data is not a legal luxury anymore, so the legislator has engaged Al-Masry for two years to prepare a law dealing with this issue until the Egyptian Personal Data Protection Law was issued No. 151 of 2020 – the long-awaited number – on July 13, 2020. The law came in 49 articles and among its lines Many questions and controversies In this context, the Law and Technology Research Center of the College of Law of the British University in Egypt is organizing a workshop To study the recent law and suggest an effective conception of the executive regulations of the law, as well as discussing the circumstances That prompted the legislative bodies to issue this law, as well as its philosophy, as well as the scope of the new law, and the rights of the person The data concerned, and the corresponding obligations of the controller and the data processor, in addition to the role of a protection center The data to be released under this law, the requirements for corporate compliance with the law and the penalties for Violate him
