Child Digital Safety Compliance · United Arab Emirates
Child digital safety is now regulated by law in the United Arab Emirates. Aman implements, operates and evidences your institution’s compliance.
Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 establishes statutory obligations for child digital safety across the United Arab Emirates. Aman is a managed compliance service for schools: we implement the required safeguards, operate them on your behalf, and maintain the documentary evidence that demonstrates compliance to regulators, inspectors and parents.
- In force
- Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025, effective 1 January 2026
- 12 months
- Statutory window for in-scope parties to establish and evidence controls
- End-to-end
- Policy, enforcement and audit trail, delivered as a managed service
- Sovereign
- All records retained within the United Arab Emirates
The regulatory obligation
Institutions are now expected to demonstrate compliance.
The United Arab Emirates has established child digital safety as a matter of law. Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 imposes binding obligations across the digital ecosystem, alongside the existing requirements of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority, and the UAE Personal Data Protection Law.
As the institution responsible for minors in its care, a school is expected to implement appropriate safeguards and to evidence them. When an incident is reviewed, the determining question is which controls were in place — and whether the institution can produce a complete and contemporaneous record to substantiate them.
What your institution must be able to demonstrate
- A documented safeguarding and digital-safety policy, aligned to the applicable regulatory frameworks.
- Effective controls applied consistently across all students.
- A defined process for identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns.
- A complete, time-stamped evidentiary record, available on request.
The service
A managed compliance service — not a system to administer.
Aman is delivered and operated as a managed service. Your institution is not required to configure, administer or maintain any system. We establish the required controls, operate them continuously, and maintain your institution in a state of inspection-readiness.
Institutional policy, prepared and maintained
A safeguarding and digital-safety policy aligned to UAE regulatory requirements — drafted, version-controlled, and kept current as obligations evolve.
Controls applied across the institution
Age-appropriate protections enforced consistently for every student, configured to the institution's standards and operated without disruption to teaching.
Structured safeguarding escalation
Indicators of harm are identified and directed to the designated safeguarding lead through a defined, auditable process.
Evidence on demand
A continuous, time-stamped record of every control and action, retained and available for inspection. Compliance is substantiated by record rather than assertion.
Deployment & data residency
Flexible deployment. Uniform sovereignty.
The compliance outcome is consistent whether the service is delivered via cloud, managed service, on-premise, or virtual deployment — selected to suit your institution’s existing environment. In every model, all data remains resident in the United Arab Emirates, under the institution’s control, and is never sold, shared or transferred abroad.
Establish your compliance position.
A structured compliance review assesses your institution against the current regulatory requirements and defines the steps required to achieve and evidence compliance.