Author: Ahmed El Sharkawy

Partner at Sharkawy & Sarhan Law Firm The House of Representatives was due to vote on the Data Protection Act in a plenary session last month before sending it to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for ratification. The 54-article bill lays out the ground rules for how businesses use personal information collected online.  It enshrines users’ right to access their private data at any time as well as give them the right to take legal action against parties responsible for data breaches and misuses of private information. It is the local version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).…