Data-protection compliance is not a one-off project - it is a continuous discipline embedded in every business process that touches personal data. We build
Data Protection Compliance covers legal assessment, documentation and practical support in the UAE. It is typically relevant to businesses, investors and founders establishing or operating under federal, emirate-level or free-zone rules. The applicable requirements and competent authority depend on the activity, place of establishment and where the service or transaction is performed.
The applicable framework depends on the activity, place of establishment and place of performance. UAE federal law, the relevant emirate’s law and free-zone rules are distinguished as the matter requires.
Last reviewed: 22 September 2026
Data-protection compliance is not a one-off project - it is a continuous discipline embedded in every business process that touches personal data. We build and maintain GDPR compliance programmes for controllers and processors, covering the full data lifecycle from collection through cross-border transfer to erasure, so your organisation can demonstrate accountability at any point.
We start with a data-mapping exercise that identifies every processing activity, its legal basis, the data categories involved, and the recipients. From there we draft the documents that regulators ask for first: privacy notices, cookie policies, data-processing agreements, DPIAs, and records of processing.
For international data transfers, we advise on the correct mechanism - adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, or BCRs - and the supplementary technical and organisational measures required after the Schrems II ruling.