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Policy & Regulation
Algeria Data Localization: Article 18 Enforcement Reshapes Cloud Compliance in 2026
How Algeria's Law 18-07 Article 18 reshapes cloud hosting compliance in 2026. Which platforms comply, which don't, and what businesses must do.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria Sector Data Governance: Healthcare and Banking Rules Under the New Laws
How Decree 25-320, Law 25-11 and Law 18-07 shape patient data and banking data obligations in Algeria — compliance roadmap.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Cybersecurity Certifications: From New National School to CISSP Pipeline
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria recorded 70 million cyberattacks in 2024, ranking 17th globally, and has responded with a dedicated National...
AI & Automation
Algiers Smart City: 7,400 Cameras and Digital 2030 Reshape Urban Services
⚡ Key Takeaways Algiers is scaling to over 7,400 surveillance cameras with 5,592 new units joining 1,837 existing ones, as...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Data Protection Law: A Pioneer in Africa’s Growing Privacy Landscape
⚡ Key Takeaways 44 African countries now have data protection laws, with 38 operational enforcement authorities. Algeria’s amended Law 11-25...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Data Protection Law: How It Positions Startups for EU Market Access
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Law 11-25 introduces GDPR-aligned provisions including mandatory DPO appointments, Data Protection Impact Assessments, five-day breach notification,...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Law 25-11: What DPOs, Breach Notification, and DPIAs Mean for Your Business
Algeria's Law 25-11 mandates DPOs, 5-day breach notification, and impact assessments. What every Algerian organization must do to comply now.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Emerging AI Regulation: Balancing Innovation with Accountability
⚡ Key Takeaways In December 2024, Algeria’s newly established AI Council, led by Professor Merouane Debbah, announced the National Artificial...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Cybersecurity Compliance for Algerian Startups: A Practical Checklist for 2026
For Algerian startups, cybersecurity compliance can feel like a problem for later — something to worry about when you have paying customers, a real product, and enough runway to think beyond next month's burn rate. This instinct is understandable and almost always wrong.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria’s Data Protection Law (18-07): What Every Business Must Know in 2026
Algeria enacted Law No. 18-07 on the protection of personal data in June 2018 — modeled substantially on Europe's GDPR — but for most of its existence it functioned more on paper than in practice.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Data Sovereignty in the Cloud: How Algeria’s Localization Laws Are Reshaping Enterprise IT
Algeria has rapidly tightened its data-localization and sovereignty rules, forcing cloud and IT services operating in the country to adapt. With no AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud region on Algerian soil, the question of where data lives — and under whose legal authority —
