privacy
Policy & Regulation
Biometric Digital ID in Africa: Data Protection and Exclusion Risks for Algeria
Algeria's biometric digital ID expansion raises data protection and exclusion concerns as 49 African nations adopt similar systems.
Policy & Regulation
African Digital Rights: Biometric Enrollment Concerns Across 49 Nations
49 African nations now use biometric ID systems but only 29 have data protection oversight. A continent-wide analysis of privacy, exclusion, and surveillance risks.
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
Africa’s Data Protection Revolution: 44 Countries, 38 Enforcement Authorities, Real Fines
⚡ Key Takeaways 44 African countries — 80% of AU member states — now have data protection legislation, with 38...
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.
Digital Economy
EU Digital Identity Wallet: 450 Million Europeans Get a New Way to Prove Who They Are
All 27 EU states must offer digital identity wallets by late 2026. How eIDAS 2.0 reshapes KYC, privacy, and cross-border credentials for 450 million users.
Digital Economy
The Cookieless Future Is Here: First-Party Data Strategies That Actually Work
The deadline that advertisers spent years dreading has arrived. Google completed the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome for the vast majority of users by early 2025, joining Safari and Firefox, which killed cross-site tracking years earlier.
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.
