# Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Dubai
- **ISO code**: AE-DU
- **Type**: state
- **Region**: Asia / Western Asia

## In brief

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened. Dubai is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside UAE's national rules.

## Overview

Dubai is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside UAE's national rules. On record: DIFC Regulation 10 (AI and personal data); Dubai Universal Blueprint for AI. This page was added in the October 2026 sub-national research round; see each instrument for what it requires.

## Regulatory status

Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: DIFC Regulation 10 (AI and personal data). Strategy or guidance: Dubai Universal Blueprint for AI.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Read these alongside UAE's national rules, which apply as well.

## Official sources

- Regulation 10 — DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection — https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners/commissioner-of-data-protection/regulation-10

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **DIFC Data Protection Regulations, Regulation 10: personal data processed through autonomous and semi-autonomous systems** — Regulation, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ae-difc-data-protection-regulation-10-autonomous-systems
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ae-difc-data-protection-regulation-10-autonomous-systems.md
- **Dubai Universal Blueprint for Artificial Intelligence** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ae-dubai-universal-blueprint-for-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ae-dubai-universal-blueprint-for-ai.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/ae-dubai
- **Official source**: https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners/commissioner-of-data-protection/regulation-10
- **Source document**: Regulation 10
- **Published by**: DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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