According to Al Mal, who obtained a copy, these focus on how the regulators can clarify and flesh out certain stipulations to make it clearer for those involved in the data economy
More than 15 major tech companies have submitted proposals to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for suggested changes in the recently-ratified Data Protection Act, an Egyptian version of the EU’s General Data protection Regulation (GDPR) to protect citizen’s digital information.
According to Al Mal, who obtained a copy, these focus on how the regulators can clarify and flesh out certain stipulations to make it clearer for those involved in the data economy.
According to the law, personal data or a person’s digital information, is data directly related to a specific person or can be used to identify that person directly or indirectly. This can be through name, voice, picture, identification number, or any data that identifies psychological, health, economic, cultural or social identity.
The law is meant to protect data from unauthorized use and manipulation.
Tech companies that sent in recommendations include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Vodafone, Facebook, Twitter, MasterCard, Uber and Careem.
Suggestions ranged from a clearer process for citizens to lodge complaints on the misuse of their data, a single licensing mechanism for consumer data-driven companies, and requiring companies to have a dedicated data protection officer.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU directive, approved by all EU states that affects any company that collects or processes data from people who are currently within the EU. The GDPR has been praised as an important step towards wrestling back control of the digital space from major data collection companies, including Facebook and Google.
