Insights

Analysis for the people who have to build the thing, not just approve it.

The cross-border licence is a queue, not a form

What Egypt's cross-border data transfer licence covers, what the PDPC application asks for, and why the ninety-working-day clock matters more than the deadline.

Briefingsdata protection3 min read

Your cameras are a data transfer

Article 31 of Egypt's data protection regulations licenses visual surveillance and restricts footage from leaving Egypt. Why cameras are missed, and what to check.

Briefingsdata protection4 min read

Every prompt to a foreign model is a transfer

Why sending personal data to an AI model hosted outside Egypt is, on the prevailing reading, a regulated cross-border transfer, and how to keep AI useful anyway.

Briefingsdata protection3 min read

What a DPO appointment actually requires in Egypt

Qualifications, the PDPC's tests, documented independence and duties: what Egypt's Executive Regulations require of a Data Protection Officer, and why a group DPO abroad is not enough.

Briefingsdata protection13 min read

Storage abroad is a transfer

What Egypt's data protection regulations actually ask of your architecture.