The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued its first federal data protection law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45/2021 on the Protection of Personal Data) (the Data Protection Law), alongside a law establishing the new UAE Data Office (Federal Decree-Law No. 44/2021 on Establishing the UAE Data Office).
Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on personal data protection (the Data Protection Law) was announced by the UAE Cabinet Office on 27 November 2021 and is applicable beginning from 2nd Jan 2022.
A single national Data Privacy regulator to be known as the UAE Data Office will be established under a separate statute to regulate the implementation of the Data Protection Law.
To know more about the new Data Protection Law’s applicability, exclusions, penalties, timelines, and other aspects, please contact our Privacy & Data Protection experts.
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