Digital Safety Helpdesk

Resources

News, research, and campaigns

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

Categories

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
Ragheb Ghandour • 09 Jul 2021

Lebanon: Your Data is Not Secure on MoPH’s GrabAJab Platform

Update— IMPACT responded to our concerns by suspending Grabajab’s access to patients’ data pending the resolution of security issues. Nonetheless,…

  • Apps security
  • COVAX
  • Cyersecurity
Ragheb Ghandour • 29 Jun 2021

Ma3an App Must Immediately Address Security Issues

In September 2020, SMEX conducted a security analysis of the contact-tracing app, Ma3an, to test the app’s security and safety….

  • Contact Tracing Apps
  • COVID19
  • Cybersecurity