Penal Protection of the Right to Information Privacy of Faculty Members in the Digital Environment: American University in the Emirates

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the impact of penal protection for the privacy of faculty members in the digital environment, including CVs, and scientific production through international and official information observatories at the American University in the United Arab Emirates, where the study applied the descriptive analytical approach with the use of the questionnaire as the primary measurement tool, on a stratified random sample consisting of (41) faculty members out of a total of (105) faculty members by 39%, and the study found a high percentage of faculty members' awareness of the concept of right In information privacy in the university environment, and the diversity of information observatories for which CVs and scientific production are uploaded, with the diversity of updating those data closely, and that the university has provided the conditions and regulations governing the preservation of the right to information privacy, and the study recommended the need to spread the culture of the right to information privacy through holding specialized seminars and workshops, while raising the entire scientific production of studies, university theses, patents and scientific innovations through the official platform for CVs, with an increase in Technical security for the confidentiality of information at the university, while urging faculty members to update personal data, degrees and scientific production continuously.

Received: 1 October 2024 / Accepted: 18 December 2024 / Published: 05 January 2025