Egypt Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 151 of 2020) Reg.7-9: DPO registration: conditions, documents, the officer's code and the thirty-working-day decision

What does Reg.7-9 require?

A DPO must hold academic qualifications or professional certificates with practical experience under the Centre board's standards, pass the Centre's tests for the nature and volume of the data activity, and have no conviction for a crime of moral turpitude or dishonesty; registration is applied for through the Centre's electronic portal by the legal representative for an employee or by a natural person, with identity document, photograph, qualifications, experience, criminal record certificate, proof of passing the tests and any existing officer code, and the Centre decides within thirty working days (fifteen days after any further documents); each registered officer receives a Personal Data Protection Officer Code stating the nature and volume of data they may handle. The legal representative takes the measures needed to register the entity's officers.