Legal Protection of Personal Data in Jordan Considering International Standards

The issue of protecting and upholding individuals' right to privacy became a controversial issue at stake; Due to the vast capacities, businesses that offer their services over the Internet have. It is possible that, on occasion, tracking individual transactions — whether online shopping or Internet browsing—might rise to the level of criminal activity. Indeed, the availability of this data or the ease of access by groups and states may facilitate the process of penetrating the privacy of individuals, blackmailing them by groups, or influencing them to achieve specific political agendas. Therefore, this research seeks to discuss this issue by studying the right to protect personal data under international standards on the one hand and the perspective of the legal protection of personal data in Jordanian legislation on the other hand. This study discussed the issue of protecting privacy in Jordanian legislation by examining the content of the right to protect personal data, and the limits of this protection in Jordanian legislation. It found that there are many standards for protecting personal data, and considering this, it describes a new method that asks to establish an international agreement to protect it. This will allow it to be based on it to protect this right; as a result, set limitations for penetrating major countries and digital companies in the present to control what could be viewed as the digital economy's hidden treasure. Keywords: The Right to Privacy, Data Processing, Data Flow, Data Protection DOI： https://doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.58.1.46