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EG·Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Egypt compliance overlay
Egypt enforces Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020. ZenoXCare aligns to this overlay alongside the pan-African baselines listed below.
At a glance
- ISO codes
- EG · EGY
- Regional bloc
- COMESA
- Rollout wave
- Wave 2 — Extension
- Data protection status
- Enacted · Enforced
- Health data classified as sensitive
- Yes
- National statute
- Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020
Regulator
Personal Data Protection Center
https://mcit.gov.eg/ ↗Cross-border transfer requires regulator approval; localisation expectations.
Applicable baselines & overlays
By virtue of Egypt's African Union membership and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) affiliation — plus any national statute in force — the following standards form the compliance stack ZenoXCare operates under here.
Cross-border data transfers
Where Egypt's regime permits processing in non-adequate countries, ZenoXCare relies on contract-based safeguards (Standard-Contractual-Clauses-equivalent), with a per-recipient transfer assessment filed with the national data-protection authority. The full record of processing activities is summarised on the standards & compliance overview; partners and regulators can request the per-country evidence pack from our compliance team.
Frequently asked
- Does ZenoXCare comply with the data protection law in Egypt?
- Egypt enforces Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 (an enacted and actively enforced data-protection statute). ZenoXCare aligns to this overlay alongside the pan-African baselines applicable via COMESA membership and the African Union.
- Who is the data protection regulator in Egypt?
- Personal Data Protection Center — https://mcit.gov.eg/. ZenoXCare's compliance team engages with the regulator on filings, breach notifications, and cross-border transfer assessments where applicable.
- What rollout wave does Egypt sit in for ZenoXCare?
- Egypt is in rollout wave "wave 2 extension". ZenoXCare delivers service into a market only after the wave-specific gating in the African jurisdictions registry is cleared. A canonical overview for this wave lives at /standards-and-compliance/africa/waves/wave-2-extension.
- Is health data classified as sensitive personal data in Egypt?
- Yes — health data is treated as sensitive personal data under the Egypt regime. ZenoXCare applies the strictest applicable safeguards (encryption in transit + at rest, RBAC + tenant isolation, audit-log immutability, breach-notification procedure) on every PHI processing surface.