Commentary on the UAE’s new Data Privacy Law by Help AG

Commentary on the UAE’s new Data Privacy Law by Help AG

What the world is experiencing today is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a new economy defined by digital transformation, and driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, cybersecurity, and more. The fuel of this new global economy is data.

As the value of data is becoming widely recognised, the way we think about how we collect, store, analyse and use data is becoming an increasingly pressing issue. Consumers are becoming growingly sensitive about how data is treated, and any legislation which defines this is a step out of the grey zone of how data is being dealt with.

Earlier this month, the UAE government announced a comprehensive new Data Law, a welcome step in the right direction for the government, organisations, consumers, and the economy as a whole.

Set to be implemented in the coming weeks, the law was announced as part of the UAE government’s ‘Principles of 50’, a set of 10 principles issued to mark the UAE’s golden jubilee. The principles will serve as a strategic roadmap for the UAE and guide the nation as it navigates the next 50 years of its progress.