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The Rise of Data Protection Compliance as a Risk – What Executives in the Middle East Need to Know

Introduction The risk of data protection compliance is on the rise in the Middle East. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) celebrated a 3rd birthday last week. Over the past year we have witnessed the global introduction of new or updated “GDPR-inspired” data protection regulations. Slightly different approaches by supervisory authorities inside the EU may be causing some challenges,

Dale Waterman 3rd June 2021 1 Comment

UAE Banks

A New Data Protection Regime for UAE Banks

Introduction The data protection landscape has been evolving quickly across the Middle East and Africa to keep abreast of global developments and international standards. Perhaps surprisingly for a country with a genuine history of digital innovation and ambition in relation to becoming a truly data driven society, the UAE lags behind many of its neighbours and global “knowledge economy” competitors

Dale Waterman 25th May 2021 No Comments

ADGM Data Protection

The ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021

Introduction The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) announced this week that it has enacted the highly anticipated new Data Protection Regulations 2021 (“DPR2021”). The ADGM, which was established in 2015, is an international financial centre located on Al Maryah Island in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. For those readers less familiar with the Gulf region, the ADGM is

Dale Waterman 16th February 2021 No Comments

Enforcement

What a seatbelt can teach us about data protection enforcement

We are seeing the introduction of new or updated “GDPR-inspired” data protection regulations across the Middle East and Africa. Although the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving an element of much needed global harmonisation, the GDPR also has the potential to restrict the vital free flow and aggregation of data in the region. This is something which

Dale Waterman 13th October 2020 1 Comment

Data Transfers

Schrems II – Implications beyond the US of A

Introduction This post continues a series of WLC commentaries following the recent Schrems II judgement by the CJEU. The judgement invalidated the Privacy Shield and confirmed the validity of Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) as a cross-border data transfer mechanism. It however imposed a requirement on the data exporter and the data importer to ensure, on a case-by-case basis, full compliance with a

Dale Waterman 5th August 2020 No Comments

Compliance

Leadership and Culture in Data Governance and Data Protection

Introduction We are undergoing a technological revolution that is unlike anything we have experienced before. The speed of the disruption to almost every industry is not easy to anticipate yet we see evidence of the impact everywhere. It is changing the way we live and work – and Covid-19 is likely to accelerate this digitization. Digital transformation, and with it

Dale Waterman 3rd May 2020 2 Comments