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Malack El Masry and Charlotte Jackson of Ibrahim & Partners summarise the key laws to consider regarding data protection in the UAE

Cybersecurity service providers are playing an increasingly critical role in addressing and managing data security and compliance for their clients. ...

Pursuant to the legislation of the Credit Data Law, a credit data sharing system was established at the Bank of Israel. The system began to operate on April 12, 2019. The system collects credit data...

By Justin Hendry on May 14, 2021 9:51AM But intelligence committee gives in principle support. A parliamentary inquiry has recommended additional safeguards be embedded in a bill that paves the way for a landmark reciprocal data access regime between Australian and US authorities. The bipartisan Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) handed down its report [pdf] this week, recommending that the International Production Order...

Dania Yassin of Ibrahim & Partners considers recent national developments and provides an overview of the data privacy scene across the UAE

THE STANDARD SCI & TECH It will now be illegal for companies to collect personal data from Kenyans to use for direct marketing without obtaining the users’ consent. This is according to the Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021 which introduces new statutory requirements that will significantly raise the cost of doing business for many firms. “In obtaining consent from a data subject, a data controller or a data processor shall ensure that the data subject has the capacity to unders...