{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"pdpl-amended-2023","event_date":"2023-03-27","published":"2026-10-03","category":"policy","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Royal decree amends the Personal Data Protection Law","ar":"مرسوم ملكي بتعديل نظام حماية البيانات الشخصية"},"summary":{"en":"Royal Decree M/148 of 27 March 2023 amended the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). The changes widened the circumstances in which controllers may collect data from third parties and process it for other purposes, and introduced an updated regime for transferring personal data outside the Kingdom. The amendments set the stage for the Implementing Regulations and the entry into force in September 2023.","ar":"عدّل المرسوم الملكي رقم (م/148) الصادر في 27 مارس 2023 نظام حماية البيانات الشخصية. وتوسعت التعديلات في الحالات التي يجوز فيها لجهات التحكم جمع البيانات من أطراف أخرى ومعالجتها لأغراض مختلفة، وأدخلت نظاماً محدّثاً لنقل البيانات الشخصية خارج المملكة. وهيّأت التعديلات الطريق أمام اللائحة التنفيذية وبدء النفاذ الفعلي في سبتمبر 2023."},"entities":["PDPL","SDAIA"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://insightplus.bakermckenzie.com/bm/data-technology/saudi-arabia-new-amendments-have-been-introduced-to-the-personal-data-protection-law","publisher":"Baker McKenzie","title":"Saudi Arabia: New amendments have been introduced to the Personal Data Protection Law","published":null},{"url":"https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2023/09/saudi-arabia-issues-implementing-regulations","publisher":"Clyde & Co","title":"Saudi Arabia issues Implementing Regulations to the Personal Data Protection Law","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pdpl-amended-2023","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pdpl-amended-2023","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pdpl-amended-2023.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pdpl-amended-2023.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/pdpl-amended-2023.jpg"}}