What Is Law No. 81/2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data?
Lebanon's Law No. 81/2018 is confirmed in the current Arabic legal text and the official Banque du Liban index; the National Human Rights Commission record identifies Official Gazette issue 45 and publication on 18 October 2018. The personal-data provisions support access and objection, including objection to commercial promotion, together with bounded correction, completion, updating, and erasure rights. Correction operations are free and due within ten days under the located material. The law states that it commences three months after publication in the Official Gazette, but the supplied research did not locate a separately published commencement notice, so this profile does not state a confirmed calendar date. The reviewed sources document Ministry, court, and telecom-sector routes, but did not locate a dedicated privacy complaint authority or general privacy complaint endpoint. This is a bounded profile based on current Arabic legal text and official index material, not a complete claim-by-claim review.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law No. 81/2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data
- Short code
- Lebanon Law 81/2018
- Jurisdiction
- Lebanon
- Enacted
- 2018
- Last major update
- The law states commencement three months after Official Gazette publication; an exact separately published commencement notice was not located
- Regulator
- No dedicated privacy regulator or general privacy complaint endpoint located; Ministry, court, and telecom-sector routes documented
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law No. 81/2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data
Scope, who Lebanon Law 81/2018 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to object, including to commercial promotion
Right to correction
Right to completion or updating
Right to erasure
Right to have correction operations completed free of charge within ten days
Notable features
The law includes a ten-day period for free correction operations and states a three-month post-Official-Gazette-publication commencement rule. The exact commencement notice and a dedicated privacy complaint endpoint were not located in the supplied research.
Enforcement & penalties
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule or amount, so no penalty figure is stated here.
Private right of action: The reviewed sources document Ministry, court, and telecom-sector routes, but do not establish a separate private damages action or a dedicated privacy complaint authority.
Relevance to data brokers
No Lebanon-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located. The general rights identified in Law No. 81/2018 should not be presented as a confirmed broker-specific opt-out process.
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FAQ
What rights were located in Lebanon Law No. 81/2018?+
The supplied research supports access, objection including commercial-promotion objection, correction, completion, updating, and erasure.
How quickly must a correction operation be completed?+
The located material states that correction operations are free and due within ten days.
Is Lebanon's exact commencement date confirmed in this profile?+
No. The law states commencement three months after Official Gazette publication, but a separately published exact commencement notice was not located.
Official sources & citations
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