Data Protection Law DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020

List of amending documents:

DIFC Laws Amendment Law No. 1 of 2025
DIFC Law No. 2 of 2022 on Amendment DIFC Laws

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE 

1. Title and repeal 

1. This Law may be cited as the “Data Protection Law 2020”. 

2. This Law repeals and replaces the Data Protection Law, being Law No. 1 of 2007, as it was in force immediately prior to the commencement of this Law (“the Previous Law”), and all Regulations made under the Previous Law from commencement of this Law.

3. Except where otherwise provided in this Law, anything done or omitted to be done pursuant to or for the purposes of the Previous Law is deemed to be done or omitted to be done pursuant to or for the purposes of this Law.

4. Without limiting the generality of Article 1(3) and Article 4, and subject only to Article 1(5), such repeal and replacement shall not affect:

a. any right, privilege, remedy, obligation or liability accrued to or incurred by any person; or 

b. any investigation, legal or administrative proceeding commenced, or to be commenced, in respect of any such right, remedy, obligation or liability, under the Previous Law, ...