Kuwait

Tier 3 Sectoral / partial Middle East

Principal framework: CITRA Data Privacy Protection Regulation (2021). Regulator: CITRA.

At a glance

Principal law: Data Privacy Protection Regulation, CITRA Resolution No. 42 of 2021 (amended 2024)
Regulator: Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA)

Structure

Structural pattern: Not assessed
Sub-jurisdictions: None — no sub-national axis
ISO code: KW

A Pattern 4 jurisdiction has no sub-national layer to model. Devolution elsewhere in the legal system does not imply it here — check each Act rather than reasoning from the country.

Transfers and adequacy

EU member: No
EEA member: No

Instruments

No instrument profiled yet.

Sources

Primary Data Privacy Protection Regulation, CITRA Resolution No. 42 of 2021 (amended 2024)

Never independently verified — seeded from the prototype.