Egypt Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020) Reg.31: Visual surveillance in public places: licence, signage, no transfer abroad, no facial recognition without consent, confidentiality and security

What does Reg.31 require?

Using visual surveillance equipment in public places that displays or records identifiable natural persons requires the Centre's licence (EGP 1,000 for three years) or permit (EGP 500 a year) and the competent authorities' approvals; the presence of the equipment is announced in visible places; recordings are not made available, recorded or processed outside Egypt except for legal reasons; no processing identifies persons from images or video by facial recognition or similar technology except as the law provides or with the data subject's explicit consent; operators are bound to confidentiality; the Centre's security procedures protect recordings from hacking; and the Centre can inspect the systems. Equipment in a private residence that does not exceed its boundaries is excluded.