personal data under Law 18/07 between the imperative of digitization and the risk of penetration

Abstract

Personal data are considered one of the most accurate data that all the divine laws have taken care of and protection, and it is forbidden to violate their sanctity under any circumstances, and the Algerian legislator has not departed from this rule. Through Law 18-07 relating to the protection of natural persons in the field of data processing of a personal nature, which defined the concepts and set the rules and provisions governing the automatic or manual processing of this personal data, and indicated the rights of its owner; With regard to the right to information, access, correction, objection, and confidentiality, as well as the limits of the treater's responsibility.

However, technological development in the field of digitization and the open virtual world has made personal data widely spread, making it difficult to protect and maintain its security and confidentiality, which increases the responsibility for providing a safe environment for processing personal data, without prejudice to the rights of its owner.