Electronic crimes against genetics in databases

Abstract EN

Genetics information includes private databases of human genes or the results of the genetic researchers.

Such information shall be protected to avoid hacking and unauthorized entry.

The owner samples and his personal information might be threatened when someone hacked and disclosed his information.

Accordingly, Egypt issued a new Law No.175 of the year 2018 concerning Anti-cyber and Information Technology Crimes law.

Such Law consists of four Parts, the first part consists of general provisions, the second one is provisions and the rules of procedures, the third part is crimes and penalties and the last one is concluding provisions.

Hacking the personal information and databases are one of the crimes stated by the law.

The abovementioned law defined Electronic data and information, and personal data as follows: 1.

Electronic data and information: Everything that can be created, stored, processed, synthesized, transmitted, shared or copied by IT, such as numbers, codes, cyphers, letters, symbols, signs, images, sounds, etc.

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Personal data: Any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, directly or indirectly by linking them to other data.

In addition, Article 17 of the law Anti-cyber and Information Technology Crimes states that.

“Anyone who damages, disables or modifies a route or cancels, in whole or in part, intentionally and unlawfully, the programs, data or information stored, processed, generated or synthesized on any information system and the like, regardless of the means used in the crime, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than two years and a fine not less than one hundred thousand pounds and not exceeding five hundred thousand pounds or either of those two penalties.

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