Egypt: Data Protection

Egypt's digital economy has transformed data into a strategic asset, yet its valuation remains poorly understood on corporate balance sheets. This analysis examines how Egypt's Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 and its 2025 Executive Regulations fundamentally shape data's economic value, the methodologies for valuing data assets, and the critical role legal counsel must play in data-focused transactions to bridge the gap between regulatory compliance and commercial reality.

Law No. 151 of 2020 represents Egypt's data protection law, the country's first comprehensive legislation dedicated to the protection of personal data.

The banker-customer relationship can be classified as an agency contract which entails privacy to be maintained of the said relationship. In general, an agent owes a duty of care and privacy