KUWAIT CITY, Dec 14: In violation of the objective of Law No. 20/2014, known as the Electronic Inquiry law, which aims to regulate the privacy of individuals and prevent unauthorized access or publication of their information, the legislation, now implemented for ten years, has resulted in the referral of many supervisors, department heads, and employees in the Ministry of Justice to criminal courts.
This is based on evidence that they accessed the electronic files of many citizens to inquire about personal information related to them from other ministries. According to judicial sources, the law is designed to prevent the violation of an individual’s privacy, which has occurred in some cases where employees have revealed confidential information for personal or material reasons.

Examples include inquiries into the behavior of individuals applying for marriage, probing whether they have a criminal history or engaging in questionable behavior, checking the background of tenants to confirm any outstanding judgments for unpaid rent, or investigating personal matters within marital relationships, such as criminal activity or repeated issues related to travel, which could be used in family court proceedings.

They explained that the Ministry of Justice is committed to upholding the privacy of individuals and will not tolerate violations. Several managers and department heads have already been referred to criminal courts for accessing litigants’ data under the guise of performing their regular duties. The ministry clarified that these officials violated the privacy of citizens’ data by using the information sector, with employees and department heads accessing personal details without any evidence of direct contact with the opposing parties or a connection to the individuals in question. Both employees are now facing charges in family lawsuits.