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Dubai International Financial Centre’s Updated Data Protection Law, Part 2: Implementing a modern, global law in a UAE financial free zone

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  • Baker, Lori

    (VP Legal Affairs and Director of Data Protection, DIFC Authority, UAE)

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), purveyor of Data Protection Law, DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020, is the result of a legislative overhaul aimed at creating an environment of ethical data management. The Updated DP Law combines international data protection standards of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act and others with innovative, new concepts that work for the DIFC’s FinTech/X-tech incubator. Ultimately, the goal is to obtain adequacy recognition by the European Commission. This paper is Part 2 in a series that tells us how such a law was created and how a small jurisdiction in the United Arab Emirates is making big strides in data protection.

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  • Baker, Lori, 2021. "Dubai International Financial Centre’s Updated Data Protection Law, Part 2: Implementing a modern, global law in a UAE financial free zone," Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 4(4), pages 362-371, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdpp00:y:2021:v:4:i:4:p:362-371
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    data protection; DIFC; Middle East; UAE; adequacy;
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