The document emphasizes the increasing importance of data privacy and security for organizations in the UAE, driven by stricter regulations and rising consumer expectations. It describes the risks associated with data breaches and outlines services provided by experts to help companies comply with local and international data protection laws, including GDPR and DIFC regulations. The aim is to assist organizations in safeguarding personal data, mitigating risks, and effectively responding to data privacy challenges.

1. Data Privacy and Security in UAE
Today’s organizations give predominant importance to increased privacy
regulations, stakeholder’s profitability demands and the ever so changing
consumer privacy expectations. As a result, the emphasis on personal data is
growing and the companies are facing complicated reputational, regulatory
and data privacy risk environment. It’s a sad fact that the frequency of critical
data breaches are increasing and as a result the management administration
and the IT departments focus on safeguarding their data systems more than
ever before. Our experienced and expertise data security, privacy and
information governance experts in UAE helps you to reduce the risks
associated with various privacy compliance frameworks along with
recognizing the value of your personal data.
Almost all the local data protection and regulation laws focus on protecting a
company’s and personal reputation through implementing proactive
measures and policies. This will include identifying and safeguarding
organization’s valuable assets, continuous look out for incoming attacks, and
develop a system that respond quickly in case of a breach.
What we do
With the help of HLB HAMT privacy management professionals, you can be
better prepared to face your future with assurance. We can help you
implement techniques to prevent multiple levels of data loss, and help you
align with any government instructed data protection laws or frameworks.
We understand that every data is important for the company, be it your
clients, employees, IP related or your bank account related. We will help you
classify your data to identify risks, gaps, weaknesses, etc. along with
opportunities for improvement if any. We can also identify and assess your
current data security policies and suggests improvements on the same.
Our expert IT Audit & Assessment team can guide you or help change your
operations to be in compliance with local data protection & regulation laws
like NESA, NABIDH and ADHICS.

2. Our Approach
● Strategy Formulation: Targeting specific problems and aligning to
the organization size.
● Programming the Design: Risk Prioritization and Value
Preservation
● Building the Solution: With cutting edge technology and rigorous
testing
● Implementation: Executing change management & regulation
specific training
Priorities

3. GDPR
In 2018, Europe brought in its biggest data privacy reforms since 1988
through General Data Protection Regulation (GPR) act. The regulation was
implemented to give individuals more rights on how their data is processed,
transferred, and used by other parties. The law also holds organizations
accountable in case they fail to protect their customer’s data from being
misused or leaked.
The data subjects or customers can enjoy several rights including:
● More transparency on the usage of their data
● The need of permission from the customer for what and how their
data is being used.
● Anytime the customers can withdraw their consent.
● More rights on data transfer and deletion
● Limitation on data profiling of customers
● Compulsory notifications to the customers in case of a data
breach
Since the businesses are operating across borders and world is growing into a
digital economy, it is extremely crucial for all the organizations to understand
and comply with GDPR rules. Any breach can cost the company up to four
percentage of a company’s annual global turnover or 20 million Euros. With
proper guidance and consultation, you can be compliant to data security
standards or regulatory requirements set by GDPR.
DIFC
DIFC’s new data protection law has set a significant benchmark for data
privacy in the Middle East. The law aligns with the DIFC’s data protection
framework with international data protection regulations, including the EU’s
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). DIFC Portal contains all the data,
for each company incorporated in the DIFC, and each company account on
the portal is to be maintained and updated by that company itself. However,

4. this framework is costly to maintain, and that cost is compliance obligation,
and the time and money involved.
We provide the following services in DIFC
● Identifying your critical assets: Identify critical business services &
information architecture
● Data Classification: Identifying the level of security and privacy
protection to be applied on data types or data sets and the scope
in which it can be shared within and outside the organization.
● Gap & Risk Assessment: Identification of threats and
vulnerabilities exploiting the gaps resulting in risk.
● Security Testing: Periodic assessments, vulnerability, and
penetrating testing
● Management Infrastructure: Development of a management and
governance system for the protection of data privacy
We have been providing outsourced Compliance Officers/MLROs and
support resources to DFSA Regulated Firms for more than 10 years. We take
pride on ourselves for being a trusted advisor to our clients and ensuring they
maintain the compliance standards set by all regulatory agencies.
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HLB HAMT
Level 18, City Tower-2,
Sheikh Zayed Road
PO Box 32665
Dubai – United Arab Emirates.
Tel: +971 4 327 7775

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