Article 20: Protecting the Security of Personal Data

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 20

The Controller and the Processor shall develop and take appropriate technical and regulatory measures to ensure the highest standard of information security that is suitable for the risks related to data processing in accordance with the best international practices and standards. This shall include the following:
a. Encryption of Personal Data and the application of Pseudonymisation.
b. Applying measures which ensure the continuous confidentiality, safety, accuracy and flexibility of data processing systems and services.
c. Applying measures which ensure timely retrieval of and access to Personal Data in case of any actual or technical failure.
d. Applying measures which ensure a seamless testing and evaluation of the effectiveness of the technical and regulatory measures to ensure the security of processing.
When evaluating the information security level as set out in Paragraph1 of this Article, the
following shall be observed:
a. Data processing risks, including damage, loss, accidental or illegal change and disclosure of or access to the Personal Data, whether being transferred, stored or processing.
b. The costs of data processing, and its nature, scope and purposes, in addition to potential risks impacting the confidentiality and privacy of the Data Subject’s Personal Data.