As per countries their terms and policies are different. Likewise in Abu Dhabi, Dubai it is found that you are restricted to use VPN (Virtual Private Network) for the security purposes. If you are found using VPN in Abu Dhabi Dubai and the border of UAE (United Arab Emirates), you would be temporary imprisonment and fines up to $545,000 (~Dhs 2Million).

So be aware of it, and it is 100% true according to their latest terms and policies. Not only this, they are even searching throughout their countries, and once they would find your involvement on the VPN, then your game will be over. So don’t do any negligence. Pre-safeness is far better than something worse happening. 

Due to cyber crimes, it has become the first risk to protect the privacy of their countries, so Dubai has planned to stop VPN services. Besides, VPNs and proxy servers are being used by many digital activists and protesters to protect their online activity from prying eyes. So the UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued new sovereign laws for combating cyber crimes to secure their web traffic from prying eyes. This law has already been published and reported as well in the official government news service WAM.

The UAE’s top two telecom companies named Etisalat and Du have banned VoIP, the phone calling features in the apps like WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger, and SnapChat which deliver voice calls over the internet for free. So it would be the big issues for the telecom companies which provide VoIP “Over the Top” apps.

Hence you always need to be updated about the rules and policies of the countries where you stay; otherwise, you would be in great problem. And if you do negligence on this face, you would be in great difficulty. So try to be safe. You can be the next target of them if you commit any cybercrime.