Data Privacy Audit in Egypt

A data privacy audit in Egypt is an independent review of how your organisation handles personal data against the Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020). We map your data, test lawful processing and data-subject rights, review cross-border transfers and breach readiness, and hand you a prioritised, audit-ready report.

Which data-protection laws apply to you in Egypt?

Egypt’s Personal Data Protection Law sets out obligations around processing, security and transfers of personal data. An audit is only useful if it is scoped to those obligations:

• Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020) — Egypt’s data-protection statute: lawful processing, consent, data-subject rights, security and breach handling.
• Cross-border transfers — the law’s conditions and, in some cases, permit/licensing requirements for moving personal data outside Egypt.
• Data controller and processor obligations — accountability requirements that fall on those who decide on and carry out processing.
• Sector overlap — financial (CBE) and telecom data also attract sector rules, which we factor into scope.

What a CyberSigma Egypt privacy audit actually covers

We audit how personal data actually moves through your organisation against the law, not just your policy documents. In a typical engagement we:

• Map your personal data: build or validate a Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) and data-flow inventory, including what leaves the country.
• Test lawful basis and consent: how you collect, record and let people withdraw consent, and whether your lawful bases actually hold up.
• Check notices and transparency: do your privacy notices match what you really do with data?
• Exercise data-subject rights: walk a real access, correction, deletion and objection request through your process against the statutory clock.
• Confirm DPIAs: high-risk or large-scale processing should have a documented impact assessment.
• Review processors and cross-border transfers: vendor contracts, transfer mechanisms and the safeguards each law requires.
• Assess breach readiness: detection, and whether you can meet the notification deadline to the regulator and to affected people.
• Check retention and minimisation: you keep only what you need, only as long as you need it.

Representative engagement: a Cairo enterprise

A useful way to picture the work: a Cairo enterprise handling significant volumes of customer and employee data wanted to understand its exposure under Law 151 of 2020. We mapped its data flows, tested consent and data-subject-rights handling, reviewed its cross-border transfers, and delivered one remediation plan prioritised by regulatory risk. This example is representative of how we structure Egypt privacy audits; named client references are available under NDA on request. We are a cybersecurity and privacy assessor rather than a law firm, so for formal legal opinions we work alongside your data-protection counsel.

How long does an Egypt data privacy audit take, and what does it cost?

Most privacy audits run a few weeks end to end, depending on how many systems, vendors and data flows are in scope. Cost follows that scope rather than a fixed list price, so we run a short, free discovery call, agree the scope in writing, and give you a fixed quote before any work starts. If you are working to a regulator or customer deadline, tell us the date and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable.

What is Egypt’s data protection law?

The Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020) is Egypt’s data-protection statute. It sets obligations on lawful processing, consent, data-subject rights, security and cross-border transfers. We map our findings to those obligations.

Does the law restrict transferring data outside Egypt?

Yes. The law sets conditions, and in some cases permit or licensing requirements, for transferring personal data outside Egypt. We review your transfers and the safeguards behind them.

What are the main obligations for our organisation?

A lawful basis and consent for processing, clear notices, honouring data-subject rights, securing the data, and breach handling. We test each against how your systems and teams actually operate.

How often should we run a privacy audit?

At least annually, and again after any major change — a new product, a new vendor handling personal data, a new market, or a breach.