Article 12: Duties of Controller and Processor under UAE PDPL

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 12

The Controller and the Processor shall provide all means to ensure that the Data Protection Officer performs the duties and tasks assigned to it as stipulated in Article (11) of this Decree by Law in the required manner. In particular, this shall include the following:
a. Ensure that the Data Protection Officer is appropriately and timely involved in all matters relating to the protection of Personal Data.
b. Ensure that the Data Protection Officer is provided with all the necessary resources and the necessary support to carry out the tasks assigned to it.
c. Not to terminate the Data Protection Officer services or impose any disciplinary penalty for a reason related to the performance of its duties in accordance with the provisions of this Decree by Law
d. Ensure that the Data Protection Officer is not charged with duties which contradict its duties under this Law.
The Data Subject may communicate directly with the Data Protection Officer about all matters relating to his/ her personal data processing to enable him/ her to exercise his/ her rights in accordance with the provisions of this Decree by Law.