Dino Wilkinson (ME) writes:
A recently-reported court case in the United Arab Emirates has highlighted the importance of establishing and implementing good privacy practices, even in the absence of specific data protection legislation.
In late 2014, the UAE public prosecutor charged three officials from a federal authority – the general director, a branch manager and an IT manager – with violating privacy laws and breaching public security by placing CCTV cameras in a female customer service centre. The men argued that they had installed the cameras for security purposes and that the female employees were aware of the cameras. The men were initially held in custody, but an Appeals Court judge ordered that they be released after the men spent more than two months in prison prior to the first court hearing.
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