Digital Safety Helpdesk

Resources

News, research, and campaigns

The latest updates on digital rights from West Asia and North Africa

SMEX • 22 Apr 2020

Leveraging your users’ data? Think twice

This article appeared first on MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Region . “It was my mistake and I am sorry.”…

Data Protection
Digital Rights
GDPR

SMEX • 01 Apr 2019

Uber buys Careem: What does that mean to us as consumers?

On Tuesday, Uber announced that it acquired Careem, the sole competitor in the Middle East, for $ 3.1 billion. $…

Careem
Carpooling
Data Protection

Azza El Masri • 30 Jan 2019

How can women protect themselves online?

This article was written in collaboration with Raseef22 and published first on Raseef22.com. Consider your mobile phone’s photo gallery for…

Data Protection
Digital Rights
Right To Privacy

Abed Kataya • 25 Jan 2019

Data Privacy Day: A reminder to start protecting your data and yourself

Happy Data Privacy Day! More than half of the world is now online. Companies are collecting, leveraging, and monetizing our…

Data Privacy Day
Data Protection
Digital Rights

smexadmin • 11 Oct 2018

An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon

Feature image via the Daily Star, August 2018: An “Ugly” New Data Protection Law in Lebanon. The English translation of…

Data Protection
E-Transactions Law
Lebanon

smexadmin • 06 Apr 2018

Lebanese Embassies Expose the Personal Data of Registered Voters Living Abroad

Ahead of the May 6 parliamentary elections, Lebanese embassies abroad have exposed the personal data of Lebanese citizens living abroad,…

Data Protection
Lebanese Embassies
Lebanon

smexadmin • 20 Jan 2018

Beirut-Based Global Cyber-Espionage Campaign a Threat to Local Freedoms

Feature image via the Dark Caracal technical report: revealing the researchers’ observed locations of compromised devices. A major cyber-espionage campaign…

Arab Countries
Campaign
Cyber- Espionage Campaign