To top off a year of modern and superior legal gadgets, the Anti-Cyber and Information 
Technology Crimes Law (Law No. One hundred seventy-five of the year 2018) has been ratified and published within the authentic Gazette. The new law addresses problems which include hacking country statistics structures, committing crimes via statistics systems, era, or email, or publishing cloth online that threatens us of an’s security or financial system. It is a miles-needed replace from the outdated its 2004 counterpart, which best-addressed telecommunications. This made the law insufficient to cope with modern-day cybercrimes, which often gave judges difficulty in finding the precise rules to match alleged crimes. This undermined key ideas such as prison fact and equity. Now, this law, although no longer immediately nor in reality, an economic regulation may be used to offer warranty for investors and ability enterprise human beings, as it is a key device in any modern-day felony device.
The law, made up of 45 articles, revolves around ensuring the secure and secures use of technology – not round restraining its users. Accordingly, beneath is a precis of the new liabilities that the law enforces:
For Citizens
People who publish a photo of someone without their consent get at the very least 6 months in jail and a quality of 50 – 100K.
Any content material published that can be regarded as “against family standards and values upheld with the aid of Egyptian society”, is also punishable through a law under Article 25.
Making amusing or making parody bills of public figures is likewise punishable underneath the brand new regulation yet beneath Article 24.
Anyone creating an email, internet site or non-public account on social media and falsely attributes it to a registered character or organization also faces a first-rate and jail time.
VPNs or nameless browsers used to privatize customers’ browsing behavior are actually illegal as nicely if the motive of using them is proven to be unlawful or cannot be decided.
Sharing net connections, or wi-fi networks and Cable TVs have additionally been blanketed within the regulation beneath Article thirteen.
Hacking also is now punishable whether intentionally or now not. Act of gaining access to files via any character without permission are penalized through prison time & any damages to those files extend the sentence.
All unique content material published that violates the privacy of others without their consent is a problem to punishment regardless of the validity of information concerned.
For Editors or Publishers of the Media
For internet site where the photo is published considered because the facilitator for a criminal offense, the wrongdoer gets a minimal 2 years in jail and a satisfactory of 20-200k.
For Internet Service Providers (ISP)
They must now not acquire surfing statistics for an internet site or publisher or they will be challenged to a fine of up to five-10 million and a ban of license. – Censorship orders issued and now not properly enforced are punishable by a sizable pleasant below Article 30.
Eavesdropping or intercepting browsing sports of customers which are speculated to be non-public is also punishable by a satisfactory of fifty,000 to 250,000 thousand EGP and a yr in prison under provisions of article 16.
Censoring or redirecting users from certain web sites is also illegal without order or directive by using a ready authority. Censorship orders are issued thru court, or thru the NTRA.
Service vendors also ought to get user approval earlier than the usage of their statistics for advertising and marketing, but the law does now not outline the phrases for the purchaser or person to offer consent or take it again.
Companies additionally offering offerings to others, such as website hosts, are vulnerable to punishment in the event that they do no longer document any crimes devoted.
For Telecom Companies
New policies define storing and sharing purchaser facts in which they have to preserve information on customers& site visitors data for up to a hundred and eighty information and be capable of offer it when induced. Penalties concerning this problem stipulated in article 33 are in among 5 million and 10 million, with a chance of revoking the license of working in Egypt. The information has to be secured from potential loss or hacking, as such measures could make it susceptible.
Telecom corporations are also liable for offering the era needed that allow the authorities to investigate.
For Digital Security Experts
Accessing a website, private account of facts device for an extended time than authorized by the security clearance is difficulty to punishment no matter their purpose. There is a separate sentence for perpetrators relying on their intentions, whether or not they meant malicious movements or now not, however, both are punishable, regardless. This article is extraordinary for government entities.
For credit score information, distinctive punishments are described. Individuals who get admission to credit records get a less sentence than people who use credit statistics to make purchases or gain from them. However, there’s no language inside the article to define acts of these coming across a vulnerability in the machine without causing harm to the party to whom the data belongs.
Lighter penalties are described for hacking into emails or personal money owed, however, the reason is not crucial. Harsher consequences are set for hacking into people of legal occupations. – Changing the design of an internet site in any way is also an offense, punishable per article 19.
For Web, Account, Email or Information System Administrators
All content published in social media or net with the aid of the account held by way of this character is beneath their duty. If the content material is illegal or towards society values, the administrator is held responsible.
An internet site, personal account or records gadget involved or facilitating a criminal offense penalizes the directors or owners of the website. – Erasing proof of a crime is likewise punishable. Comments, emails, or every other digital evidence might not be erased or concealed in case of involvement in a crime.
