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"Section 3(3): The Regulations apply to natural persons whatever their nationality or place of residence."
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"Section 3(3): The Regulations apply to natural persons whatever their nationality or place of residence."
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"Section 3(3): The Regulations apply to natural persons whatever their nationality or place of residence."
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"In general terms, and unlike the GDPR, the Act does not apply extraterritorially, nor does it explicitly regulate goods and services or monitoring from abroad. Moreover, the Act does not specify whether it applies to corporate bodies incorporated outside of Argentina."
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Argentina Data protection overview |Ā DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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No mention of the data controller's obligation/responsibility to Organizations located outside the jurisdiction processing regulated subjects data.
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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No mention of the data controller's obligation/responsibility to Organizations with economic activities within the jurisdiction
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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"Section 50(5)(i): The corrective powers of the Commissioner of Data Protection include the power to: [ā¦] impose an administrative fine pursuant to Section 55, in addition to, or instead of, measures referred to in this subsection, depending on the circumstances of the individual case. "
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"The amount determined by the Commissioner of Data Protection must not exceed $28 million."
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"The Regulations do not refer to fines in relation to percentage of turnover."
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Does not exist as per present time.
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"Section (1)(g) of the Regulations state that the objects of the Regulations include providing a means for individuals to complain about an alleged infringement of their rights relating to their personal data and to receive an effective judicial remedy."
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"Both the GDPR and the Regulations require that controllers carry out DPIAs prior to high risk processing activities, providing a list of circumstances where the same is met. A slight terminological variation is that, in the ADGM, where the DPIA indicates that the processing activity would likely result in a high risk to the rights of natural persons, the regulator must be notified, where in the EU the authorities must be consulted."
2022
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"Section 30(1), (2), and (3): Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights of natural persons, the controller and the processor must implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including as appropriate: (a) the pseudonymisation and
encryption of personal data; (b) the ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services; (c) the ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident; and (d) a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring ing the security of the processing. .... "
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"Section 33(1): When the personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights of natural persons, the controller must communicate the personal data breach to the data subject without undue delay."
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"Section 32(1): In the case of a personal data breach, the controller must without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, notify the personal data breach to the Commissioner of Data Protection, unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights of natural persons. Where the notification to the Commissioner of Data Protection is not made within 72 hours, it must be accompanied by reasons for the delay."
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"Section 32(2): The processor must notify the controller without undue delay after becoming aware of a personal data breach.
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"Under the PDPL, data subjects have the right pursuant to Article 14 to have their personal data trans- mitted to another controller, where technically feasible."
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
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"8.7. Right not to be subject to automated decision-making
Article 18 PDPL provides data subjects with the right to object to decisions based on automated processing."
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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ā8.1. Right to be informed
Article 13 of the PDPL requires that a controller, prior to the start of processing activities, provide the
data subject with at least the following information:
!"the purposes of the processing;
!"the sectors or entities inside or outside the UAE with whom their personal data will be shared;
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!"the appropriate safeguards used by the controller in the context of for cross-border processing.
Data subjects also have the right, under Article 13 of the PDPL, to obtain additional information upon
their request, including:
!"the types of personal data of the data subject being processed;
!"the decisions taken on the basis of automated processing;
!"the rules and criteria of the periods for which the personal data will be stored and kept; and
!"the measures to be taken upon the occurrence of a data breach.ā
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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ā8.1. Right to be informed
Article 13 of the PDPL requires that a controller, prior to the start of processing activities, provide the
data subject with at least the following information:
!"the purposes of the processing;
!"the sectors or entities inside or outside the UAE with whom their personal data will be shared;
and
!"the appropriate safeguards used by the controller in the context of for cross-border processing.
Data subjects also have the right, under Article 13 of the PDPL, to obtain additional information upon
their request, including:
!"the types of personal data of the data subject being processed;
!"the decisions taken on the basis of automated processing;
!"the rules and criteria of the periods for which the personal data will be stored and kept; and
!"the measures to be taken upon the occurrence of a data breach.ā
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
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ā8.2. Right to access
Under Article 14 of the PDPL, data subjects have the right to receive the personal data they have provided
to a controller for processing, in a structured and machine-readable format where the processing
is based on the consent of the data subject, or is necessary to fulfil a contractual obligation and implemented
by automated means.ā
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
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ā8.3. Right to rectification
Data subjects have the right under Article 15 of the PDPL to obtain from the controller the rectification
of inaccurate personal data concerning them, and to have incomplete personal data completed.ā
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
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āArticle 15 of the PDPL provides data subjects with the right to request that a Controller delete personal information concerning them in the following circumstances:
!"the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which
!"it was collected or processed; and/or
!"the data subject withdraws their consent or objects to processing and there are no legitimate
grounds for the controller to continue the processing.ā
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UAE Data protection overview | DataGuidance
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"Section 34(7): The controller must notify the Commissioner of Data Protection prior to carrying out any processing where a DPIA indicates that the processing would be likely to result in a high risk to the rights of natural persons. The notification must contain information in Section 34(5)."
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"Sections 35 to 37 of the Regulations deal with the designation, position, and tasks of the DPO, in a highly consistent manner as within the GDPR. "
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"Section 35(3): The DPO must be appointed on the basis of professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practices and the ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in Section 37."
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"Section 37(1) and (2): The tasks of the DPO include:
(a) to inform and advise the controller or the processor and the employees who carry out processing of their obligations pursuant to
the Regulations and to other data protection provisions under applicable law;
(b) to monitor compliance with the Regulations, with other data protection provisions under applicable law and with the policies of the controller or processor in relation to the protection of personal data, including the assignment of responsibilities, awareness-raising and training of staff involved in processing operations, and the related audits;
(c) to provide advice where requested as regards the DPIA and monitor its performance pursuant to Section 34; (d) to cooperate with the Commissioner of Data Protection; and (e) to act as the contact point for the Commissioner of Data Protection on issues relating to processing and to consult with the Commissioner of Data Protection, where appropriate, with regard to any other matter.
The DPO must in the performance of their tasks have due regard to the risk associated with processing operations, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing.
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"Section 35(2)(a): A DPO: (a) may be appointed in respect of a single entity, a group or multiple, independent entities [...]."
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"There is no such requirement under the UAE Law or the ADGM Regulations."
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"Section 33(3): The communication to the data subject referred to in Section 33(1) is not required if any of the following conditions are met:
(a) the controller has implemented appropriate technical and organisational protection measures, and those measures were applied to the personal data affected by the personal data breach, in particular those that render the personal data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it, such as encryption;
(b) the controller has taken subsequent measures which ensure that the high risk to the rights of data subjects referred to in Section 33(1) is no longer likely to materialise; ....."|
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"The Regulations do not include exemptions to the controller or processor obligation to maintain records of processing activities."
2022
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| Name | Short name | Classification | Jurisdiction | Year of creation |
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| UAE Data Office (AEDO) | AEDO | Regulator | Under the government authority | 2022 |
| Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) | TDRA | Regulator | Independant agency | 2003 |
| Legal text name | Original text name | Legislation type | Year signed | Regulation status | In effect since | Latest update initiated | Latest update areas | Latest update signed year |
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