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Law No. 175 of 2018 on Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes

Plain-English summary

Requires service providers to keep user, content and traffic data for 180 days (Art. 2), makes managers of legal entities report crimes affecting their systems (Art. 35), and sets penalties for refusing blocking or data-disclosure orders (Arts. 30-33). Issued 14 August 2018; Art. 45 brings it into force the day after publication, and the publication date was not stated in the text read.

Who it applies to

All industries

Topics

Cybersecurity & IT Risk

Obligations arising from this law or regulation

Obligation Timing Regulator Source Detail
Retain service-provider user and traffic data for 180 days Retention period 180 days — source

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