Sovereignty & Algerian Law
MassiCloud exists because Algerian businesses can no longer safely use foreign clouds for personal data. This page explains the legal context and how MassiCloud is built to satisfy it.
The relevant laws
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Law 18-07 (June 2018) — Algeria’s foundational data protection law. Creates the ANPDP (Autorité Nationale de Protection des Données Personnelles), defines personal data, establishes consent requirements, breach notification (5 days), and the rights of data subjects.
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Law 25-11 (July 2025) — Major amendment. Mandates ANPDP declaration for any business handling personal data. Penalties up to 1,000,000 DZD and criminal liability for non-compliance. Strongly restricts cross-border data transfers.
Together these mean: storing the personal data of Algerians on AWS, GCP, Azure, Supabase, or any other foreign service is now a legal risk for Algerian businesses.
How MassiCloud satisfies these laws
| Requirement | How MassiCloud handles it |
|---|---|
| Data residency in Algeria | All databases physically located in Algerian datacenters |
| ANPDP declaration support | Built-in compliance schema (compliance.data_registry, etc.) |
| Consent tracking | Built-in compliance.consents table |
| Breach notification (Article 38) | Built-in compliance.breaches table for record-keeping |
| Audit trail | Optional audit schema enabled per database |
| Cross-border transfer prevention | Architecturally impossible — data cannot leave Algeria |
| Encryption at rest and in transit | TLS 1.3 between client and API; SSL between API and DB |
What this means for you as a developer
You write your app. You use MassiCloud. Your data goes nowhere it shouldn’t, your app gets faster (lower latency to Algerian users), and you get a legal compliance story built into your stack.
You still need to do your part of compliance:
- Declare your processing to ANPDP if required for your sector
- Have a Privacy Policy
- Honor data subject requests (we provide the tools)
What you don’t have to do: lawyer-up over your hosting choice. The cloud layer is sovereign by construction.