A Tailored Compliance Solution for Securing Personal Data privacy under Law 18-07 in Algeria

Abstract

In an increasingly digitalized world, the management and protection of personal data has become a crucial issue for companies and governments. The rapid flow of information and the ubiquity of technology pose significant challenges to data security and privacy. In response to these concerns, the Algerian state enacted Law 18-07 on June 10, 2018, aimed at protecting individuals concerning the processing of their data. This law led to the creation of the National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (ANPDP), responsible for supervising its application. This article proposes the design and implementation of a computer application dedicated to compliance with Law 18-07 for the protection of personal data. We first collected and analyzed the legal requirements for data protection and then modeled them using UML diagrams following the UP methodology. We have set up a database management system to ensure data protection and optimized management, incorporating cryptography techniques to enhance the security of the information. The development of this application was carried out with the Microsoft Visual FoxPro V.9 language, thus allowing the creation of a database and interfaces adapted to the needs of algerian companies to comply with Law 18-07 and guarantee the security of personal data.