Saudi Arabia’s New Data Protection Law – What you need to know

The Middle East’s data protection regulatory landscape is complex, and continues to develop with Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) newly published Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). While the PDPL contains the main features of a modern data protection law, it cannot be considered a direct analogue of the GDPR. For example, an unlawful transfer of personal data …

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Navigating Saudi Supreme Court guidelines for Force Majeure and COVID-19

The concept of Force Measure is recognised across a number of Saudi Laws, including the Labor Law, the Government Tenders and Procurement Law, the Mining Investment Law, and the Civil Aviation Law. In addition, there is a separate, but similar, concept that is recognised in Saudi Law and by the Saudi Courts that businesses need to …

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Saudi Arabia releases version 3 of Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework

The Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the telecommunications regulator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), issued a revised version 3 of its Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework (CCRF v3), which came into effect on 18/04/1442 H (corresponding to 3 December 2020). The CCRF v3 replaces version 2 of the Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework (CCRF …

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