Does Oman's PDPL require cookie consent?

No Omani text mentions cookies, but in our reading analytics and advertising cookies need the visitor’s opt-in first. The Personal Data Protection Law lists electronic identifiers as personal data and, since its September 2026 amendment, requires explicit consent the controller can prove, unless one of a short list of exceptions applies. Those cookies fit none of them.

This is a reading of the law’s definitions, not Ministry guidance: the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has published nothing on cookies.

The Executive Regulation accepts consent given in writing, electronically or by other means the controller sets, so a recorded click on a banner is a permitted form.