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Law Enforcement Resources · Kuwait

How Police in Kuwait Request Data from WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

Authorised police and government officials in Kuwait can send preservation, emergency and records requests directly to Meta through its law-enforcement portals. For the content of messages, Meta says a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) request or letter rogatory may be required. Kuwait has no bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty with the US in force, so where content is needed Meta's guidance points to a letter rogatory (a court's letter of request), sent through diplomatic channels.

Kuwait at a glance

US mutual legal assistance treatyNone in force Source
US CLOUD Act agreementNone Source
Budapest Convention on CybercrimeNot a Party Source
Requests to Meta (Jul - Dec 2025)14 total: 3 legal process, 11 emergency; some data produced in 71.43% Source

How to make the request

  1. Preserve first. Send a preservation request so the account data is kept while legal process is prepared; Meta preserves records for 90 days pending formal process.
  2. Use the official portals with an official government email. Facebook and Instagram: Meta’s Law Enforcement Online Request System (facebook.com/records). WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/records. Step-by-step: our Facebook & Instagram and WhatsApp portal guides.
  3. Attach valid legal process under Kuwait’s law for records requests, and identify the account precisely (username, profile URL, phone number with country code).
  4. Emergencies: where there is imminent harm to a child or a risk of death or serious physical injury, use the portal’s emergency request route.
  5. Content: Kuwait has no bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty with the US in force, so where content is needed Meta's guidance points to a letter rogatory (a court's letter of request), sent through diplomatic channels. When to use which channel: MLAT vs LERS vs Interpol.

Meta’s guidelines: “A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request or letter rogatory may be required to compel the disclosure of the contents of an account.” Source

Legal notes for Kuwait

  • Treaties in Force 2026 lists only 1978 Boeing-case procedures and a customs mutual assistance agreement (in force Feb 10, 2019) under LAW ENFORCEMENT for Kuwait; no criminal MLAT. Source

Cybercrime unit in Kuwait

Cyber Crime Department (Ministry of Interior). See cybercrime agencies in Kuwait.

Treaty and request figures checked against the US State Department’s Treaties in Force, the US Department of Justice, the Council of Europe treaty office and Meta’s Transparency Center on 12 October 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice. Other platforms: the platform-by-platform LERS guide; every country: police data requests by country.