Data Protection Standards Across The UAE Bolstered For 2022

The UAE has undertaken a review of their data protection laws and new rules have been introduced to better align with global standards. But what does it mean for businesses operating in the region and how can they ensure they are compliant?

Data protection standards across the UAE bolstered for 2022

In 2018, the toughest privacy and security law in the world was introduced in Europe, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR legislation not only protects the processing of European Citizens' data (regardless of where in the world the processing is taking place), it also protects the data of European citizens from being exported, unless a similar standard of rules exists in the receiving jurisdiction. Since then, it has become a priority for jurisdictions with less stringent rules to make changes to their legislation, in order to be seen to be compliant and more attractive for investment.