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UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 4: no processing without the owner's consent, with a closed list of exceptions, United Arab Emirates

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UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 4: no processing without the owner's consent, with a closed list of exceptions (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 4)	Law or ruling	The base rule is consent: the law forbids processing personal data without the person's…	18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 5: collect for a specific purpose, no incompatible later use, keep only if anonymised (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 5(2) and 5(7))	Law or ruling	Records collected to answer a support ticket or run an account may not later be used in…	18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 1: what personal data is (voice included) and what anonymization means (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 1 (definitions of Personal Data and Anonymization))	Law or ruling	Personal data includes data that can identify a person indirectly by linking, and the…	18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Articles 22 and 23: sending personal data outside the UAE (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Arts. 22(1) and 23(1)(a)-(b))	Law or ruling	Personal data may leave the UAE to a country the UAE Data Office has approved as having…	18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Articles 2(2)(g) and 28: free zones with their own data law are outside, Executive Regulations due within six months (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Arts. 2(2)(g) and 28)	Law or ruling	The federal law does not apply to companies in free zones that have their own data…	18 Oct 2026

UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 4: no processing without the owner's consent, with a closed list of exceptions (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 4)
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
The base rule is consent: the law forbids processing personal data without the person's…
Dated
18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 5: collect for a specific purpose, no incompatible later use, keep only if anonymised (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 5(2) and 5(7))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Records collected to answer a support ticket or run an account may not later be used in…
Dated
18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Article 1: what personal data is (voice included) and what anonymization means (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Art. 1 (definitions of Personal Data and Anonymization))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Personal data includes data that can identify a person indirectly by linking, and the…
Dated
18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Articles 22 and 23: sending personal data outside the UAE (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Arts. 22(1) and 23(1)(a)-(b))
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
Personal data may leave the UAE to a country the UAE Data Office has approved as having…
Dated
18 Oct 2026
UAE Personal Data Protection Law, Articles 2(2)(g) and 28: free zones with their own data law are outside, Executive Regulations due within six months (Federal Decree by Law No. (45) of 2021 Concerning the Protection of Personal Data, Arts. 2(2)(g) and 28)
Kind
Law or ruling
As stated
The federal law does not apply to companies in free zones that have their own data…
Dated
18 Oct 2026