Woman Faces Deportation For Checking Her Husband’s Phone

Do you spy on your partner’s cell phone? He/ she may have something to hide, but even if you have nothing to hide, knowing that, you are being spied on feels like a terrible invasion of your privacy. Well this court ruling sounds like a wake-up call for spouses who spy into their partner’s mobile phone. If you live in UAE or planning to relocate to the Gulf region, check out their law on cyber-crime and related offence.

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The Ajman Criminal Court in United Arab Emirates must pay $41,000 and will be deported because she was found guilty of breaching the privacy of her husband after she looked into his mobile without his permission, Gulf news reported.

The woman an Arab nationality gained access to her husband’s mobile phone and transferred photos to her phone via WhatsApp, because she suspected her husband and Later accused him of having an affair with another woman. Soon after, the man lodged a complaint with the Ajman court, accusing his wife of transferring photos without his permission. The woman admitted to the charges.

The woman was prosecuted under criminal penal code No. 212 and the cybercrime law, Federal Decree-Law No. 5 of 2012, article No 21, which stipulates that a person “shall be punished by imprisonment of a period of at least six months and a fine not less than Dh150,000 and not in excess of Dh500,000 or either of these two penalties whoever uses a computer network and/or electronic information system or any information technology means for the invasion of privacy of another person in other than the cases allowed by the law...”

The woman has been fined Dh150,000 and will be deported, the court ruled.

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