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COMP 4101, Practicum

National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA)

The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) is the government entity responsible for cybersecurity in Qatar. NCSA serves as the national authority on this topic from a regulatory perspective. Therefore, the data security, data classification, and data privacy controls and corresponding specifications for the Data Security, Privacy, and Other Regulations Domain will be detailed and addressed by NCSA. 

About Us, National Cybersecurity Agency

Personal Data Privacy Protection Law (PDPPL)

Law no. 13 of 2016, Personal Data Privacy Protection

EXAMPLE

“Under the data privacy law of the State of Qatar (Law 13 of 2016), you have a number of important rights. In summary, those include the right to:
Fair processing of information and transparency about how we use your personal information
Access your personal information and certain other supplementary information that this privacy policy is designed to address
Require us to correct any mistakes in our information about you
Require us to erase your personal information in certain situations
Receive your personal information that you have provided to us, upon payment of a prescribed service fee 
Object at any time to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing
Object to decisions being taken by automated means that have a legal or similarly significant effect on you 
Object in certain situations to our continued processing of your personal information” 

– Qatar National Library 
https://www.qnl.qa/en/privacy-policy 

NCSA guidance to comply with the PDPL

National Cyber Governance and Assurance Affairs has developed a set of guidelines to support organizations in understanding their obligations under the PDPPL and to provide a degree of clarity around these requirements as well as where possible providing checklists and template documents to support controllers with compliance with the PDPPL. The guidelines are also intended to provide guidance to individuals so they understand what their rights are under the PDPPL.

Guidance Hub