Middle East & Africa · 1 law · 7 requirements
Saudi Arabia: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Saudi Arabia, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
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PDPL
Fully enforced since 14 Sept 2024; violation committees imposing sanctions since 2026.
Who it covers: Processing of personal data in Saudi Arabia, including by foreign companies.
What it requires of a website or app (7)
- A privacy policy available before collection: purpose, data, methods, storage, destruction, rightsCheckedArt. 12
- Consent where required, and separate consent for sensitive dataCheckedArt. 5–6
- Security measuresCheckedArt. 19
- Breach notification to SDAIA (72 hours under the Implementing Regulations)CheckedArt. 20
- Rights to information, access, correction and destructionCheckedArt. 4
- Transfers abroad only under the Transfer RegulationsCheckedArt. 29
- Register with SDAIA and appoint a DPO where requiredPreparedImplementing Regs
Sources:SDAIA Data Governance Platform
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.