SMEX • 01 Feb 2022

LEBANON: Is the New Passport Renewal Platform Safe for your Data?

In a response to SMEX’s questions on Thursday (January 27), the Lebanese General Security claimed that personal data on the…

  • Data Protection
  • General Security
  • gs-appt.gov.lb
SMEX • 28 Jan 2022

DAEM, a “Social Safety Net” or a Data Collection Net?

In September 2021, the Ministry of Social Affairs and IMPACT, the Central Inspection’s e-governance platform, launched DAEM, a program that…

  • Central Inspection
  • Daem
  • IMPACT
Abed Kataya • 12 Jan 2022

Mobile Services at the Lebanese-Syrian Border: Outages and Clashing Networks

In 2022, the Lebanese mobile network remains largely disrupted by power outages due to the shortage of diesel necessary to…

  • Alfa
  • Border regions
  • Lebanon
Yasser Fawzy • 02 Dec 2021

Bread&Net 2021: Towards a growing regional digital rights community

Bread&Net returned for the fourth time last week, from 23 to 26 November, welcoming around 1000 participants from 74 countries…

  • Arabic Speaking region
  • Bread&Net
  • Bread&Net 2021
SMEX • 09 Nov 2021

The National Poverty Targeting Program Risks Lebanese Citizens’ Data

As our mission is to protect Lebanese citizens’ right to digital privacy, we ran a technical security and privacy analysis…

  • Lebanon
  • Ministry of Social Affairs
  • personal data
SMEX • 27 Oct 2021

The Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon and the Coalition for an Independent Lebanese Judiciary Stress the Importance of an Independent Judiciary and its Role in Ensuring Accountability and Call Upon Media Outlets to Support the Path towards Justice

The Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon and the Coalition for an Independent Lebanese Judiciary, with the participation…

  • Beirut Port
  • Coalition for the Independence of the Judiciary
  • FoE Coalition
Abed Kataya • 26 Oct 2021

Referring Telecom Data to Security Agencies Breaches the Lebanese Law

On October 4, Lebanese Annahar Daily reported that the latest Lebanese Prime Minister formed a ministerial committee to “look into…

  • data traffic
  • E-Transactions and Personal Data Law
  • handing over data to authorities