In late 2019, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of UAE
confirmed the issuance of a national cybersecurity strategy in order to follow
the data protection policies under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
Europe. The intention behind the promulgation of the new law is to ensure
stricter penalties and to curb ever-increasing cybercrime or risks. The upcoming
amendment in the cyber law has urged the Lawyer in Dubai to share their valuable
thoughts on the concerned subject matter in the below paragraphs.
Present Scenario
UAE has not issued any specific data-protection law so far, albeit an interwoven
of different laws offering few privacy rights and forbids certain activities,
including the divulgence of electronic information illegally. There are specific
provisions under different laws regulating the right to privacy under a specific
circumstance, outlined below:
UAE Constitution: The Constitution of UAE offers the right of freedom to
communicate through the post; the law shall secure telegraph and other
communication means and confidentiality and privacy of the same.
UAE Civil Code: Federal Law number 5 of 1985 confirms and authorized an
individual who had to suffer a wrongful infringement of rights has the right to
seek compensation. Additionally, an illegal invasion of the right to privacy
provided under the constitution constitutes a wrongful act allowing the victim
to seek damages.
UAE Criminal Code: The law forbids any individual having personal information to
reveal it in the public domain, even if it is true and failure to abide by this
law will invite imprisonment and/or fine. The law further involves corporate
entities and their directors or partners can be held responsible for revealing
any confidential data.
Cyber-Crime LAW: in 2012 UAE government issued Federal Law number 5 of 2012 to
majorly regulate the misuse of any electronic information, including, but not
limited to, hacking, personification, fraud, phishing, and other
internet-related crimes.
Apart from the foregoing law, two major financial free zones such as DIFC (Dubai
International Financial Centre) and ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) that have
their own data protection laws such as DIFC Law number 1 of 2007 as amended by
2012 and Data Protection Regulations 2015 as recently amended by 2018.
To conclude, I believe that the recent amends in the cyber-crime law and the
intention of issuing a new data protection law will protect the individual
interest on an international level. Nevertheless, there are multiple questions
in such regards, which can only be answered upon the release of the law and its
implementation. In a broader sense, the data law will protect personal
information and will allow the release of non-personal information in a legal
way.
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