Personal Data Protection Law, data subject rights

Royal Decree No. 6/2022, Art. 11

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In force since 13 February 2023.

A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 29 August 2026.

What it requires

An app must let an individual in Oman revoke their consent, request amendment or blocking of their data, obtain a copy of it, transfer it to another controller, request its erasure (unless national archiving requires otherwise), and must notify them of any breach or infringement of their personal data and the actions taken in response; these rights apply to a voiceprint, faceprint, or other biometric identifier like any other personal data.

What this law does

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Art. 11 gives the data subject six rights, read verbatim in full: (a) revoke consent to processing, without affecting processing that already took place, (b) request amendment, updating, or blocking of their personal data, (c) obtain a copy of their processed personal data, (d) transfer their personal data to another controller (portability), (e) request erasure, unless processing is necessary for national archiving and documentation, and (f) be notified of any breach or infringement of their personal data and the actions taken in response.

No separate right to object to processing was found in Art. 11; the closest analog is the consent-revocation right at (a), which is narrower since it presupposes the processing rested on consent. Art. 12 separately gives a right to complain to the Ministry. These rights apply to a data subject's personal data generally, biometric identifiers included, since Art. 11 is not limited to any particular data category.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

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