By Brian Meenagh On October 26, 2015, Raja Al Mazrouei, the Commissioner for Data Protection for the Dubai International Financial Centre (the DIFC), issued guidance on the adequacy of US Safe Harbor for the purpose of exporting personal data from the DIFC. The guidance is significant for organisations that transfer personal data from the DIFC to the … Continue Reading
By Justin B. Cornish, Brian A. Meenagh, Alice Marsden and Omar M. Elsayed Protecting Personal Data Whilst it is not widely recognized that countries in the Middle East have specific established laws applicable to data protection, privacy and data protection are regulated by other laws in the region. In Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United … Continue Reading
By Omar Elsayed Although some surveys of privacy law suggest otherwise, privacy requirements do in fact exist in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)and are very relevant to companies operating there or seeking to provide services to customers in KSA. Background The paramount body of law in KSA is the Sharīʿah. The Sharīʿah is comprised … Continue Reading
On 31 January 2011, Israel became the most recent addition to the European Commission’s list of non-EEA countries offering ‘adequate protection of personal data’, joining Andorra, Argentina, Canada, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey and Switzerland (and the US’s Safe Harbor regime). The finding of adequacy issued by the Commission is limited to automated … Continue Reading
