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Federal Decree by Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Data

The last update on this law was listed on 20 Sep 2021

Date of enactment of the legislation

20 Sep 2021

Effective date

02 Jan 2021

Publication date in the official gazette

26 Sep 2021

Official Gazette No

712 (ملحق)

Legislation State

Active

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Article (17) Right to Stop Processing

The Data Subject shall have the right to object to the processing of his/her Personal Data and stop it in any of the following cases:
1. If the processing is intended for the purposes of direct marketing, including profiling related to direct marketing.
2. If the processing is intended for the purposes of conducting statistical surveys, unless the processing is necessary to serve the public interest.
3. If the processing is carried out in violation of Article (5) of this Decree by Law.

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