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Bahrain: PDPL, CBB Rulebook and NCSC: cited answers and gap reviews

An AI compliance assistant for organizations operating in Bahrain · updated 2026-10-03

Bahrain's Personal Data Protection Law is supported by implementing Orders, and its financial sector follows the Central Bank of Bahrain Rulebook. Compliance Colleague covers the PDPL and Orders, CBB cyber security and cloud rules, and the National Cyber Security Center's controls.

Try it on your own Bahrain work: one document review or two questions, free for 30 days, no card required. Start free →

What it covers

PDPL (Law No. 30 of 2018) and the 2022 Orders, including 72-hour breach notice
Transfer adequacy, DPIAs and the Data Protection Guardian
CBB Rulebook cyber security (OM-5.5) and outsourcing and cloud (OM-2)
National Cyber Security Center and Baseline Cybersecurity Controls
The data-embassy law and Cloud First policy

Questions you can ask

“Do we have to notify the regulator of a breach within 72 hours?”
“What must a CBB licensee do before moving to the cloud?”
“Can we transfer Bahraini personal data to the UK?”

Every answer cites the Bahrain requirement, article or control it rests on, so you can check it in seconds.

What you can upload for review

Your privacy notice checked against the PDPL
A cloud outsourcing plan checked against CBB OM-2
An incident response procedure checked against PDPL and CBB reporting

Files: PDF, Word, Excel or CSV, Visio (.vsdx), draw.io, or an image such as a screenshot. Choose a full review, a prioritized fix list (each gap with its fix and the evidence an assessor will expect) or a short summary, and download the result as Word or PDF.

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What it’s built from

Compliance Colleague works from our own clause-referenced material, checked against: Law No. 30 of 2018 on the Protection of Personal Data (PDPL), English translation (Personal Data Protection Authority (Bahrain), pdp.gov.bh); Ministerial Orders Nos. 42–51 of 2022 implementing the PDPL (Personal Data Protection Authority (Bahrain), pdp.gov.bh); Decree No. 78 of 2019 (Ministry of Justice to exercise the Authority's functions) (Personal Data Protection Authority (Bahrain), pdp.gov.bh). It cites the clause so you can check it against your own copy.

Re-checked every month for new versions, deadlines and penalty changes. Full list on the sources page.

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