Compliance Colleague · Standards · Arab Gulf States

Qatar: PDPPL, QFC, NCSA NIA and QCB: cited answers and gap reviews

An AI compliance assistant for organizations onshore in Qatar and in the QFC · updated 2026-10-03

Qatar has an onshore Personal Data Privacy Protection Law and a separate regime in the Qatar Financial Centre. Compliance Colleague routes onshore vs QFC, then covers the PDPPL, the National Information Assurance Standard and Qatar Central Bank rules.

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

What it covers

The PDPPL (Law No. 13 of 2016) and NCSA guidance
QFC Data Protection Regulations and Rules 2021
National Information Assurance Standard (NIA v2.1) and certification
Qatar Central Bank data, cloud and AI rules
Cybercrime Law No. 14 of 2014

Questions you can ask

“Does the PDPPL or the QFC regime apply to our Doha office?”
“Do we need a permit to process special-nature personal data?”
“What does QCB require before we use cloud services?”

Every answer cites the Qatar 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 PDPPL
A cloud architecture diagram checked against QCB and NIA rules
An NIA control tracker (Excel) checked for gaps

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.

Crosswalk Qatar to other standards

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What it’s built from

Compliance Colleague works from our own clause-referenced material, checked against: Law No. 13 of 2016 on Personal Data Privacy Protection (PDPPL), English translation (State of Qatar (Al Meezan legal portal)); NCSA PDPPL guidelines for regulated entities (incl. personal data breach notification) (National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), Qatar); QFC Data Protection Regulations and Rules 2021 (Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)). 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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Compliance Colleague covers 30+ security, privacy and AI governance standards. It reviews policies, spreadsheets and diagrams and answers questions with the clause cited; your judgment and sign-off stay with you. Try it free, no card required →

Research aid, not legal or audit advice, and not an audit opinion or certification. Verify findings against the official text before relying on them.