The General Secretariat of the Judicial Council in the Emirate of Dubai (“General Secretariat of the Judicial Council”) is committed to preserving the privacy of visitors to this website and protecting their personal data. We are also committed to maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information, and have prepared this Privacy and Information Security Announcement to publish and explain our current information handling practices on our website.

In dealing with personal data, the General Secretariat of the Judicial Council is subject to the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and the federal laws in force in the United Arab Emirates. We are committed to preserving the privacy of our website visitors, whether when browsing information or submitting any electronic transaction.

Collection and use of electronic information

When you visit our website, we will only store your personal data when that data is necessary for the services you decide to use or obtain.

Collect IP addresses

The server of the General Secretariat of the Judicial Council automatically captures your Internet Protocol address when you visit the website. (Your Internet Protocol address is the number of the computer you use, which allows other devices connected to the Internet to determine the destination of their data, but without revealing your personal identity.) The Internet Protocol helps us diagnose problems occurring in the server and conduct the necessary statistics to measure website usage rates

Use of cookies

Our website uses a cookie program that makes it easier for website visitors to browse the various parts of the website. This program can help the user (based on his desire) to save passwords and easily enter some websites. The user must save this type of cookie on the hard disk. The cookie program approved by the Dubai Government is subject to an encryption process so that no party other than the government entity you deal with can read your data.

Personal data protection

Your personal data will only be available to government employees who have a genuine need to access it, and will not be available to the general public except with your consent. The data of website users will not be shared with others, sold to them, or transferred to others without your prior consent. Only relevant specialists who provide their services to the Dubai Government will be informed of your personal data, according to what you specify on our website.

The right to verify, change and correct personal data

Every user who provides us with personal data has the right to verify, change and correct that data by communicating with the General Secretariat of the Judicial Council.

Other websites

This privacy policy applies only to this website, and if you visit other websites through our website, you must read the privacy policies of those other websites to see their approved practices.

important warning

Our website may contain links to other websites created or operated by other public or private sector organisations. We include these links only for information and ease of access. By visiting these other sites, you will leave our site and will no longer be subject to our information management policies