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- UAE PDPL
Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data
uae-pdplThe privacy law of the United Arab Emirates, clause by clause, from its official source.
- Region
- United Arab Emirates
- Version
- 2026.1
- In force since
- 2 January 2022
- Text
- Arabic, which prevails, and English
- Clauses
- 199
- Source
- uaelegislation.gov.ae
- Article (1)Definitions
- Article (2)Scope of Application of the Decree by Law
- Article (3)Bureau's Power of Exemption
- Article (4)Cases of Processing Personal Data without the Consent of its Owner
- Article (5)Personal Data Processing Controls
- Article (6)Terms of Consent to Data Processing
- Article (7)The Controller's General Obligations
- Article (8)The Processor's General Obligations
- Article (9)Reporting Personal Data Breach
- Article (10)Appointing Data Protection Officer
- Article (11)Roles of Data Protection Officer
- Article (12)Duties of the controller and the processor towards the Data Protection Officer
- Article (13)Right to Receive Information
- Article (14)Right to Request Transfer of Personal Data
- Article (15)Right to correction or erasure of Personal Data
- Article (16)Right to Restrict Processing
- Article (17)Right to Stop Processing
- Article (18)Right to Processing and Automated Processing
- Article (19)Contacting the Controller
- Article (20)Personal Data Security
- Article (21)Assessment of the Impact of Personal Data Protection
- Article (22)Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is Available
- Article (23)Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is not Available
- Article (24)Complaints
- Article (25)Grievance against the Bureau's Decisions
- Article (26)Administrative Penalties
- Article (27)Authorization
- Article (28)The Executive Regulation
- Article (29)Regularisation
- Article (30)Repeals
- Article (31)Publication & Enforcement of this Decree by Law
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