Anti-Cyber And Information Technology Crimes Law In Egypt

Egypt used to govern technology crimes and cybercrimes by some provisions in Civil and Criminal laws. Finally, a new Law No. 175 of the year 2018 regarding anti-cyber and information technology crimes was published on Saturday 18/8/2018 by the official Egyptian Gazette following its ratification.

The Law consists of four Parts, the first part consists of general provisions, the second one is provisions and the rules of procedures, the third part is crimes and penalties and the last one is concluding provisions.

Part One: General Provisions

Article One consists of definitions: personal data, service provider, website, personal account, email, infringement, digital guide, as well as other definitions newly introduced to the Egyptian legislation framework, which play an important role within judicial system in terms of determination of the legitimacy of the characterization of the case or the crime.