September 15, 2020

New Data Protection Law in the DIFC: Who does it apply to and how does it compare with the GDPR?

Avinash Balendran, Fiona Maclean, Brian Meenagh

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has a new data protection law and regulations: the Data Protection Law DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020 (DIFC DP Law) and the Data Protection Regulations (DIFC DP Regulations, and together with the DIFC DP Law, DIFC DP Legislation).

The DIFC DP Legislation became effective on 1 July 2020, repealing the previous law (Data Protection Law DIFC Law No. 1 of 2007). However, businesses have a grace period of three months (until 1 October 2020) to achieve full compliance.

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