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United Arab Emirates Personal Data Protection Law 2022

16 November 2022, 3pm UAE time

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United Arab Emirates Personal Data Protection Law 2022

Overview

The webinar will cover discussion on the need to have legal framework concerning personal data protection. Moreover, the webinar will highlight the significant compliance requirements and rights of the individuals under the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on Personal Data Protection, Abu Dhabi Global Markets’ Data Protection Regulations 2021 and Dubai International Financial Centers’ Data Protection Law 2020. The webinar will also address technical measures to help protect personal data.


Speakers

Antoun Beyrouthy, lead cybersecurity consultant, Axon Technologies

Cybersecurity expert and enthusiast with over nine years of international experience in assessing and securing large organizations across the financial, healthcare, governmental and critical infrastructure verticals. He is currently leading the consulting practice at Axon Technologies, a cybersecurity company helping government entities, critical infrastructure providers, and companies of all sizes remain secure against the rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Saeed Hasan Khan, director, Bizilance Legal Consultants Limited

Saeed Hasan Khan has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients on issues such as taxation, corporate, regulatory compliance and contractual obligations, and in representing clients before the authorities. Mr. Khan has developed a keen professional interest in emerging laws on personal data protection and has gained an understanding of the underlying concepts and principles governing global data protection laws, including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. He has carried out a great deal of research on personal data protection laws in various jurisdictions in order to compare their core legal principles. He is an advocate of the High Court, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He has completed a course from the London School of Economics and Political Science on “Data: Law, Policy and Regulation”.

Saifullah Khan, director, Bizilance Legal Consultants Limited

Saifullah Khan is an international trade, IT and policy lawyer with more than 20 years of diversified and multi-jurisdictional professional experience serving a large client base in the domestic and international markets. His areas of interest include trade remedy laws of the World Trade Organization, customs law, competition law and data privacy. With respect to emerging discipline of data privacy, he advises clients from different jurisdictions on data privacy compliance and cross-border transfer of data. Additionally, he assists clients in the preparation and review of privacy policies and intra-group agreements concerning cross-border transfer of personal data, etc. He is an advocate of the High Court, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He has completed a course at the London School of Economics and Political Science on “Data: Law, Policy and Regulation”.


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