Official law sources
Free official texts behind our summaries and our scan reports. Links checked on 25 October 2026. We link to official texts rather than copying them; summaries elsewhere on this site are in our own words.
Last reviewed: 25 October 2026
| Jurisdiction | Text | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar (mainland) | Law No. 13 of 2016 on Protecting Personal Data Privacy (PDPPL), official Arabic text | Al Meezan, Qatar's official legal portal (Official Gazette No. 15 of 2016). Al Meezan may block automated tools; open it in a normal browser. |
| Qatar (mainland) | PDPPL, unofficial English translation published by NCSA | NCSA document library (PDF). NCSA notes the Arabic Gazette text is the official version. |
| Qatar (mainland) | NCSA PDPPL law page | National Cyber Security Agency |
| Qatar (mainland) | NCSA guidance hub for regulated entities (guidelines, templates, tools) | National Cyber Security Agency |
| Qatar (mainland) | NCSA Personal Data Breach Notifications guideline (PDPPL-02050217E) | NCSA document library (PDF) |
| Qatar Financial Centre | QFC Data Protection Regulations 2021 | QFC Regulatory Authority rulebook |
| Qatar Financial Centre | QFC Data Protection Office | QFC |
| Qatar Financial Centre | Data Protection Regulations and Rules 2021: Guidance (v3.1) | QFC (PDF) |
| Cyprus | Law 125(I)/2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data | CyLaw free legal database (Greek; full text) |
| European Union | Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) | EUR-Lex, the EU's official law portal |
| European Union | Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy), the source of EU cookie-consent rules | EUR-Lex |
How we use these
Our summaries and our scan reports point you to the official text next to each finding, so you or your lawyer can read the source directly. Where we rely on a translation, we say so; for Qatar, the Arabic text in the Official Gazette is authoritative.
Coming soon
In October 2026 NCSA announced the launch of a National Cyber Risk Management Framework and an Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Framework (Qatar News Agency, 21 October 2026). We have not found the official framework documents online yet, and we will link them here once NCSA publishes them.
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