What Is Law No. 12 of 2024 on Electronic Personal Data?
Law No. 12 of 2024 on electronic personal data is supported by an Arabic full-text republication and official-gazette indexing. The Arabic text states an effective date of 1 January 2025. The law states access, correction, erasure, objection, and related rights. It also states a seven-working-day response period for the controller or processor and a 30-day period for deciding a complaint. A 2026 SANA report identifies the law and its executive instructions as part of the current framework under review for modification. No operational official Authority complaint endpoint was located. This is a bounded evidence profile based on the supplied sources, not a complete claim-by-claim legal review.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law No. 12 of 2024 on Electronic Personal Data
- Short code
- Law No. 12 of 2024
- Jurisdiction
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Enacted
- 2024
- Last major update
- The Arabic text states an effective date of 1 January 2025; a 2026 SANA report identifies the law and executive instructions as part of the framework under review for modification
- Regulator
- Authority referenced in Law No. 12 of 2024 (no operational official complaint endpoint located)
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law No. 12 of 2024 on Electronic Personal Data
Scope, who Law No. 12 of 2024 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access, as stated in the law
Right to correction, as stated in the law
Right to erasure, as stated in the law
Right to object, as stated in the law
Related rights stated in the law, with the controller or processor response period identified as seven working days
Right to use the complaint process described in the law, with a 30-day complaint decision period; no operational official Authority complaint endpoint was located
Notable features
The Arabic text states an effective date of 1 January 2025, while a 2026 SANA report identifies the law and executive instructions as part of a framework under review for modification. The supplied sources do not establish the outcome of that review or an operational official Authority complaint endpoint.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: Authority referenced in Law No. 12 of 2024 (no operational official complaint endpoint located)
Penalties: The supplied summary and sources did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule; no penalty amount or timeline is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied research identified statutory rights and a complaint decision period but did not establish a separate private damages action or other standalone private right of action. This is an evidence limitation, not a definitive statement about every possible remedy.
Relevance to data brokers
No Syrian Arab Republic-specific data-broker, people-search, public-record suppression, or broker-removal route was located. The general rights and complaint provisions should not be presented as a guaranteed broker-specific deletion process.
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FAQ
When does Syria’s Law No. 12 of 2024 on electronic personal data take effect?+
The supplied Arabic text states an effective date of 1 January 2025. A 2026 SANA report also identifies the law and executive instructions as part of a framework under review for modification, so this profile does not make a stronger currentness claim.
What rights were located under Syria’s Law No. 12 of 2024?+
The supplied research located access, correction, erasure, objection, and related rights. It also located a seven-working-day controller or processor response period and a 30-day complaint decision period.
Is there a Syrian Arab Republic-specific data-broker removal route?+
No Syrian Arab Republic-specific data-broker, people-search, public-record, or broker-removal route was located in the supplied research. No operational official Authority complaint endpoint was located either.
Official sources & citations
- Al-Watan: Law No. 12 of 2024 on electronic personal data
- Syria Report: Official Gazette No. 15, Part 1, 2024
- Syria Report: Official Gazette Issue 27, Part 1, 2024
- Bunud AI: Syrian personal-data protection law
- SANA: current review of Syria’s electronic personal-data framework
- Syria Ministry of Justice: 2026 cybercrime procedural circular
- Syria Official Gazette No. 15, Part 1, 2024 (PDF)
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