The UAE has implemented “the most detailed and comprehensive cybercrime law” in the region, with the extension of “legal privacy protection to personal information online, including credit card and bank account details and electronic payment methods,” The National reports. The new law is based on a 2006 decree, and one expert notes it “has managed to encompass everything needed to safeguard against the possible violations that can take place in this rapidly evolving technology.” Among its provisions, the law creates privacy offences for “eavesdropping and electronic publishing of information and photos, even if what is published is authentic,” the report states.
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