What Is Law No. 13 of 2012 on the Right of Access to Information?
Yemen’s Law No. 13 of 2012 is an access-to-information law that includes privacy provisions. The supplied research describes limits on public-body processing, third-party disclosure, foreign transfer, use outside the stated purpose, and updating of data. The issuance date is not consistent across the supplied sources: WIPO represents it as 24 April 2012, while an Arabic publication represents it as 1 July 2012. This profile therefore uses 2012 as the enactment year and keeps the date conflict explicit rather than selecting one date as settled. The 9 October 2026 source review did not locate a comprehensive personal-data regime or a currently operating dedicated data-protection authority. No Yemen-specific data-broker or public-record opt-out route 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. 13 of 2012 on the Right of Access to Information
- Short code
- Law No. 13 of 2012
- Jurisdiction
- Yemen
- Enacted
- 2012
- Last major update
- Issuance date remains unresolved: WIPO represents it as 24 April 2012, while an Arabic publication represents it as 1 July 2012
- Regulator
- No dedicated data-protection authority located
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law No. 13 of 2012 on the Right of Access to Information
Scope, who Law No. 13 of 2012 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right to seek updating of data, as reflected in the supplied privacy provisions
Protection against third-party disclosure
Protection against foreign transfer
Protection against use outside the stated purpose
No broader personal-data rights list was located in the supplied research
Notable features
The law’s issuance date is represented as 24 April 2012 by WIPO and 1 July 2012 by an Arabic publication; the conflict remains unresolved in the supplied research. The 9 October 2026 source review did not locate a comprehensive personal-data regime, a currently operating dedicated data-protection authority, or an English translation that resolves the date discrepancy.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: No dedicated data-protection authority 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 describes privacy provisions in an access-to-information law but does not establish a separate private damages action or other standalone private right of action. This is an evidence limitation.
Relevance to data brokers
No Yemen-specific data-broker, people-search, public-record suppression, or broker-removal route was located. The law’s public-body privacy provisions should not be presented as a guaranteed broker-specific deletion process.
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FAQ
Is Yemen’s Law No. 13 of 2012 a comprehensive personal-data law?+
No. The supplied research identifies it as an access-to-information law with privacy provisions, and no comprehensive personal-data regime was located in the 9 October 2026 source review.
What date was Yemen’s Law No. 13 of 2012 issued?+
The date remains unresolved in the supplied sources: WIPO represents 24 April 2012, while an Arabic publication represents 1 July 2012.
Is there a Yemen-specific data-broker opt-out route?+
No Yemen-specific data-broker, people-search, public-record, or broker-removal route was located in the supplied research.
Official sources & citations
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