UAE PDPL
Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data
- Jurisdiction
- United Arab Emirates · AE
- In force since
- 2 January 2022
- Primary source
- Official text
Who it applies to
Processing personal data of data subjects in the UAE (outside free-zone regimes).
Documents it requires
- Privacy policy
Rights it grants
- Access a copy of their data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Have their data deleted
- Receive their data in a portable format
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent at any time
Cookies and consent
Nothing non-essential may load before the visitor agrees. Analytics and marketing scripts must be blocked until then — a banner that only informs is not enough.
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- PDPL (Arabia Saudí)14 September 2024
Personal Data Protection Law: consentimiento, registro de tratamientos y reglas de transferencia transfronteriza en Arabia Saudí.
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