Cybercrime policies/strategies
Egypt has not adopted a specific cybercrime strategy. There is a National Cybersecurity Strategy 2017 – 2021 adopted by the Egyptian Supreme Cybersecurity Council. A National ICT Strategy for 2012 – 2017 was adopted and implemented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Society.
Cybercrime legislation
State of cybercrime legislation
In August 2018, Law No. 175/2018 "Law for Combating ICT Crimes" – Law Text in Arabic was adopted, covering some of the substantive law provisions and limited procedural powers.
Substantive law
The Law on “Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes” contains both penal substantive provisions, limited procedural rules and international cooperation provisions (obliges the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to reach bilateral agreements covering Internet Technology with as many foreign governments as possible). It regulates matters of data retention policy.
The Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law in 2018 introduced limited substantive law provisions.
The same law introduces the concept and admissibility of electronic evidence but does not contain specific procedural powers, mostly referring specifically to blocking of web resources.
Related laws and regulations
- Law No. 58 of 1937 – The Penal Code
- Law No. 12 of 1996 – The Child Law (amended by Law No. 126 of 2008)
- Law No. 82 of 2002 – The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
- Law No. 10 of 2003 – Telecommunication Regulation Law
- The Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (2018)
- Decree on Cybersecurity, Issue no. 17 BIS
Specialised institutions
- Cybercrime and Data Networks Unit, General Department for Information and Documentation, Ministry of Interior (established by Decree No.13507 of 2002)
- EG-CERT – national computer emergency response team.
International cooperation
Jurisprudence/case law
Sources and links
- National Cybersecurity Strategy 2017 – 2021
- National ICT Strategy for 2012 – 2017
- Law No. 58 of 1937 – The Penal Code
- Law No. 12 of 1996 – The Child Law (amended by Law No. 126 of 2008)
- Law No. 82 of 2002 – The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
- Law No. 10 of 2003 – Telecommunication Regulation Law
- The Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (2018)
- Decree on Cybersecurity, Issue no. 17 BIS
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