Webcast: Data privacy in Qatar - What you need to know

Recently the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC) in Qatar issued a set of guidelines to support organisations in understanding their obligations under the Personal Data Privacy Protection Law and to help achieve compliance with the Law.

With the enhanced focus on data protection from the regulator, how prepared is your organisation in its approach to handling personal data?

Our informative webcast covers the latest data protection developments in Qatar, and offers key insights into how to respond. With data privacy impacting many areas of the organisation, view the webcast to gain an understanding of the full implications, and the approach your organisation can take in transforming its use of personal data.

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Webcast agenda

Welcome	Issa Habash, Qatar Other Assurance Services Leader
Data privacy 101 What is the background of data privacy, and why is it important?	Phil Mennie, Middle East Data Privacy Leader
Understanding the Qatar Data Protection Law An overview of the Personal Data Privacy Protection Law and how it compares to the European GDPR.	Phil Mennie, Middle East Data Privacy Leader Richard Chudzynski, Middle East Data Protection and Privacy Legal Leader
Ten steps to an effective data privacy programme How processing registers, impact assessments, incident response plans and other operational best practices do more than prepare your business for compliance with privacy laws.	Nakul Srivastava, Qatar Digital Trust Services Leader
Q&A

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Download Download 3 February 2021 Qatar Data Privacy Law webcast presentation

Start your data privacy compliance journey with our Data Privacy handbook

The Data Privacy handbook is a toolkit that explains the key principles of data privacy and contains the resources to help you assess your current business processes against data privacy best practices and laws. This toolkit is suitable for all organisations processing personal data and looking for a practical approach to build their data privacy programmes, be it to comply with privacy regulations or to gain competitive advantage.

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Assess your ability to comply with the Law

We have developed a self-assessment for organisations to determine their maturity against the PDPPL requirements. Powered by our Digital Trust Manager: Assess platform, the tool uses business intelligence and data visualisation to identify where your organisation currently stands, and provides clear recommendations of where you should focus on.

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