Table of Contents
Article 1: Definitions
Article 2: Scope of Application of the Decree by Law
Article 3: Bureau's Power of Exemption
Article 4: Cases of Processing Personal Data without the Consent of its Owner
Article 5: Personal Data Processing Controls
Article 6: Terms of Consent to Data Processing
Article 7: The Controller's General Obligations
Article 8: The Processor's General Obligations
Article 9: Reporting Personal Data Breach
Article 10: Appointing Data Protection Officer
Article 11: Roles of Data Protection Officer
Article 12: Duties of the controller and the processor towards the Data Protection Officer
Article 13: Right to Receive Information
Article 14: Right to Request Transfer of Personal Data
Article 15: Right to correction or erasure of Personal Data
Article 16: Right to Restrict Processing
Article 17: Right to Stop Processing
Article 18: Right to Processing and Automated Processing
Article 19: Contacting the Controller
Article 20: Personal Data Security
Article 21: Assessment of the Impact of Personal Data Protection
Article 22: Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is Available
Article 23: Cross-Border Transfer and Sharing of Personal Data for Processing Purposes if a Proper Protection Level is not Available
Article 24: Complaints
Article 25: Grievance against the Bureau's Decisions
Article 26: Administrative Penalties
Article 27: Authorization
Article 28: The Executive Regulation
Article 29: Regularisation
Article 30: Repeals
Article 31: Publication & Enforcement of this Decree by Law
Article 2
Scope of Application of the Decree by Law
Provisions of this Decree by Law shall apply to the processing of all or part of the Personal Data by means of electronic systems which operate automatically, or by other means, by the following:
a. Each Data Subject residing in the State or having a place of business in it.
b. Each Controller or Processor residing in the State and carrying out the activities of processing Personal Data of Data Subjects inside and outside the State.
c. Each Controller or Processor residing outside the State and carrying out the activities of processing Personal Data of Data Subjects inside the State.
2. Provisions of this Decree by Law shall not apply to the following:
a. Government Data
b. Governmental entities which control or process Personal Data.
c. Personal Data held by the security and judicial authorities
d. A Data Subject who processes his/her data for personal purposes.
e. Personal Health Data that has legislation regulating its protection and processing.
f. Personal banking and credit data and information that have legislation regulating their protection and processing.
g. Companies and establishments located in free zones in the Country and have special legislations regarding Personal Data protection.