UAE Law and Practice Contributed by: Saifullah Khan and Saeed Hasan Khan, Bizilance Legal Consultants
5.2 Government Notifications and Approvals There is no requirement for any government notifica - tions or approvals in order to transfer data interna - tionally, except as discussed in 5.3 Data Localisation Requirements related to health data. 5.3 Data Localisation Requirements There is no data localisation requirement, except with regard to health information and data, which, under Federal Law No 2 of 2019, may not be stored, pro - cessed, generated or transferred outside the UAE, except upon a decision issued by the Health Author - ity in co-ordination with the Ministry of Health and Prevention. 5.4 Blocking Statutes There are no blocking statutes in the UAE. 5.5 Recent Developments No information is publicly available on any changes or anticipated developments concerning the interna - tional transfer of personal data.
• an approved code of conduct; or • an approved certification mechanism along with the binding and enforceable commitments of the controller or processor that they will apply appro - priate safeguards. The ADGM Regulations allow the transfer of personal data outside the ADGM or to an international organi - sation where the Commissioner has decided that the receiving jurisdiction or the international organisation ensures an adequate level of protection. In addition, in the absence of an adequacy decision, the ADGM Regulations permit cross-border transfers of personal data only where the controller or proces - sor puts in place appropriate safeguards that ensure a comparable level of protection for the data subject. These safeguards include the use of the following: • standard contractual clauses or other contractually binding instruments that impose enforceable data protection obligations on the recipient party; • binding corporate rules for intra-group transfers; and • approved codes of conduct or certification mecha - nisms coupled with binding and enforceable com - mitments by the data recipient.
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