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One UAQ, UAQ Free Trade Zone,
Umm Al Quwain, UAE

AKTA maintains professional indemnity insurance with a leading insurer.

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 June 2026

1.Introduction

Akta FZC (“Akta”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a legal consultancy company registered in the Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone, United Arab Emirates. We are committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website and the individuals whose personal data we handle in the course of our business.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect through our website, how and why we use it, with whom we share it, how we store and protect it, and the rights available to you. It is intended to comply with the United Arab Emirates Federal Decree-Law No. (45) of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (the “PDPL”) and its Executive Regulations.

By using our website or submitting your personal data to us, you confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

2.Scope of this Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data we collect through our website, including via our contact and enquiry forms and our newsletter subscription facility. It also applies to personal data that you otherwise provide to us electronically in connection with our website.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

3.Personal Data We Collect

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. We collect the following categories of personal data through our website:

a. Information you provide through our contact / enquiry form

Your full name;
Your email address;
Your telephone number (where you choose to provide it);
The company or organisation you represent (where you choose to provide it); and
The content of your message or enquiry, including any personal data you choose to include in it.

b. Information you provide when subscribing to our newsletter

Your email address; and
Your name (where you choose to provide it).

c. Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website and hosting infrastructure, such as your IP address, browser type, device information and the pages you view. This information is used to operate, secure and maintain the website. Please see Section 12 (Cookies and Similar Technologies) below for further detail.

4.How and Why We Use Your Personal Data

We use the personal data described above for the following purposes:

To respond to your enquiries and to communicate with you about the legal consultancy services you have requested;
To provide, manage and administer our services and our relationship with you;
To send you our newsletter and other updates, where you have subscribed or otherwise consented to receive them;
To operate, maintain, secure and improve our website;
To comply with our legal, regulatory and professional obligations; and
To establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

5.Legal Basis for Processing

Under the PDPL, we process your personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent: where you have given your clear and specific consent, for example when you subscribe to our newsletter. You may withdraw your consent at any time (see Sections 6 and 11);
Performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps: where processing is necessary to respond to your enquiry, to take steps at your request before entering into an engagement or to provide our services to you;
Compliance with a legal obligation: where we are required to process your data to comply with applicable laws, regulatory requirements or our professional obligations; and
Establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims: where processing is necessary in connection with actual or prospective legal proceedings or to protect our legal rights.

6.Newsletter and Marketing Communications

We will only send you our newsletter and marketing communications where you have subscribed or otherwise consented to receive them. Every marketing email we send will include an option to unsubscribe. You may also unsubscribe at any time by contacting us using the details in Section 14. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before the withdrawal.

7.Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients, in each case only to the extent necessary:

Our personnel, consultants and professional advisers who need access to it to carry out the purposes described above, subject to confidentiality obligations;
Third-party service providers who process personal data on our behalf, such as our website hosting providers, email and newsletter service providers, and IT support providers, under appropriate contractual safeguards;
Courts, regulators, government authorities or other third parties where required to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; and
A successor entity in connection with any merger, acquisition or reorganisation of our business.

8.Data Storage and International Transfers

We store all of our data, including personal data, in the United Arab Emirates. However, our website is automatically backed up on the cloud servers of our hosting providers, whose data centres may in certain instances be located outside the United Arab Emirates. This may result in data (and in limited circumstances personal data) being automatically transferred outside the United Arab Emirates for the purpose of such backups.

Where personal data is transferred outside the United Arab Emirates, we take reasonable steps to ensure that it is treated securely and in accordance with the PDPL. Under Articles 22 and 23 of the PDPL, personal data may be transferred outside the UAE to jurisdictions that provide an adequate level of protection as recognised by the UAE Data Office, or, where no such adequacy applies, on the basis of appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments imposing UAE-level protections), your express consent, or where the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

9.Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. These measures include access controls, secure hosting arrangements and confidentiality obligations on our personnel and service providers. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a personal data breach, we will notify the UAE Data Office and, where required, affected individuals in accordance with the PDPL.

10.Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, regulatory, accounting or professional record-keeping requirements, and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. When personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it. Where you have subscribed to our newsletter, we will retain your contact details until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.

11.Your Rights

Subject to the conditions and exceptions set out in the PDPL, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access: to obtain confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to receive a copy of it;
Right to rectification: to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected;
Right to erasure: to request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer necessary or where processing is unlawful;
Right to restriction of processing: to request that we limit how we process your personal data in certain circumstances;
Right to data portability: to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to have it transferred to another controller where technically feasible;
Right to object: to object to the processing of your personal data, including processing for direct marketing or automated decision-making; and
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 14. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.

12.Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies (such as pixels and local storage) to operate the website, remember your preferences, and understand how the website is used. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website.

Categories of cookies we use:

Strictly necessary cookies: required for the website to function and to keep it secure. These cannot be switched off and do not require your consent;
Functional cookies: used to remember your choices and preferences and to enhance your experience on the website;
Analytics / performance cookies: used to collect aggregated information about how visitors use the website so that we can measure and improve its performance; and
Marketing cookies: used to deliver content and communications that are more relevant to you, and to measure the effectiveness of our communications.

When you first visit our website, a cookie-consent banner will be displayed. Strictly necessary cookies are placed automatically because they are essential to the operation of the website. Functional, analytics and marketing cookies are only placed where you have given your consent through the banner. You may accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or select which categories you allow.

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through the cookie-settings link on our website. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings; most browsers allow you to refuse or remove cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and availability of parts of the website. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before the withdrawal.

13.Children’s Privacy

Our website and services are directed at businesses and professional clients and are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under the age of 18. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

14.How to Contact Us and Complaints

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise any of your rights, or would like to make a complaint about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at:

Akta FZC

Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone, United Arab Emirates

Email: info@aktalegal.com

We will do our best to resolve any concern you raise. If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UAE Data Office, the supervisory authority responsible for personal data protection in the United Arab Emirates.

15.Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements or other factors. Any updated version will be posted on our website with a revised “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be brought to your attention where required by applicable law.

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Disclaimer

Akta FZC (the “Firm”) is a legal consultancy company registered in the Umm Al Quwain Free Zone, Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. The Firm’s services are strictly limited to those permitted by its licence and by applicable laws and regulations. The Firm maintains professional indemnity insurance with Abu Dhabi National Takaful Co. P.S.C. Coverage is subject to the terms, conditions, limits and exclusions of the policy.

The Firm does not and will not:

represent, appear for or act on behalf of any client before any court or judicial authority in the United Arab Emirates, including (without limitation):
- any federal or local/onshore courts in any Emirate; or
- any quasi-judicial committee, enforcement authority or similar body established in the UAE; or
act as legal representative, advocate, attorney of record, local counsel or local sponsor for any client in connection with any proceedings before any such federal or local/onshore UAE court, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.

The Firm does not and will not provide any advice, opinion, guidance or service in relation to UAE law in any form, whether federal, Emirate-level or free-zone law, including without limitation:

UAE civil, commercial, criminal, administrative, regulatory or procedural law;
the laws, regulations, rules or practice directions of any UAE free zone (including, without limitation, financial free zones);
any aspect of Shariah (Islamic) law or Shariah-based principles as applied or interpreted in the UAE (including in relation to family, inheritance, succession, finance or commercial transactions); or
any UAE court procedures, litigation or enforcement processes, or any UAE regulatory, licensing, compliance or enforcement matters.

The Firm does not issue UAE law opinions, certifications, confirmations or sign-offs of any kind, nor does it provide any formal or informal view on the interpretation, validity, enforceability or application of UAE law or Shariah in any court, arbitral or regulatory context.

Any references to UAE law, UAE courts, UAE free zones, Shariah or UAE regulatory matters in the Firm’s documents, publications, marketing materials or communications are provided solely for general, high-level informational or contextual purposes and do not constitute legal advice, a legal opinion or a substitute for advice from appropriately qualified and licensed UAE legal practitioners and/or recognised Shariah advisers. Clients and other users are solely responsible for obtaining independent, specific advice on all UAE law and Shariah-related issues.

Nothing on this website, in any of the Firm’s publications or marketing materials, or in any communication from the Firm should be construed as the Firm holding itself out as, or acting as, legal representative or advocate before any UAE court, tribunal, free zone authority, arbitral body or governmental authority, or as providing UAE law advice of any kind.

By engaging the Firm or using this website or the Firm’s materials, you acknowledge and agree to the limitations set out in this Disclaimer.