Executive Regulation of the Personal Data Protection Law — Article 7

The Competent Department must decide a complete Permit application within 45 days. A refusal must give reasons; silence when the period expires is deemed refusal. The applicant may appeal to the Minister within 60 days of notice or certain knowledge of refusal. No response to the appeal within 30 days is deemed refusal.

Interpretation and application must be checked against the official Arabic text and the current version.