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1 Legal and enforcement framework
1.1 Which legislative and regulatory provisions govern data privacy in your jurisdiction?
Since 25 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (GDPR) is the main legal framework for data protection in all countries within the European Economic Area, which includes EU member states, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.
In Ireland, the national law that gives further effect to the GDPR is the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), which entered into force on the same day as the GDPR. The DPA 2018, in addition, transposed the EU Law Enforcement Directive (2016/680) (LED) into Irish law and provided for the necessary amendments to the previous data protection framework
Dubai Police crack murder case using ‘brain fingerprint’ technology
26 Jan 2021
Gulf Today,
Staff Reporter
The Dubai Police cracked a murder case using the brain fingerprint technology for the first time.
The officers used the smart analysis device that measures the brain waves when the suspect sees the images of the tools used in the crime or the location, and provides a thorough image of the crime scene.
Regarding the details of the murder case in which the Dubai Police used the “Memory Print” techology, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Issa Al Hammadi confirmed that the case was a murder in a warehouse where several people work.
Kuwait City: Kuwait’s head of the Committee for Prisoners of War (POW) and Missing Persons, Rabih Al Adsani, announced they have determined the identity of 13 POWs that went missing during the 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait.
Al Adsani said in a statement that the POWs were arrested during the Iraqi invasion and their remains were brought back to Kuwait from Iraq a few months ago.
Once the bodies arrived in Kuwait in September, they underwent genetic analysis and DNA testing by the General Department of Forensic Evidence at the Ministry of Interior.
After their bodies were identified, Al Adsani said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the families of the prisoners, indicating that any information they had should be known to their family as it is their human and legal right.
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