The process of recording in-person or phone conversations
without the owner's consent is considered a violation of the
sanctity of private life, which is guaranteed by the constitution
for all citizens. Egyptian law, therefore, has imposed a penalty of
imprisonment for up to one year for anyone who pries, records, or
transmits such conversations, through devices equipped for
this.
The basis for this is the right to confidentiality during
private conversations, and thus, any evidence derived from
illegitimate means, or without prior judicial permission, must be
disregarded, These procedures however, do not apply to verbal
harassment willfully recorded on the victim's phone, which
does not need prior judicial permission, since this would not
constitute a violation of privacy.
