{"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-royal-decree-2021","event_date":"2021-09-16","published":"2026-10-03","category":"policy","importance":3,"title":{"en":"Saudi Arabia issues its first Personal Data Protection Law","ar":"المملكة تصدر نظام حماية البيانات الشخصية، وهو الأول من نوعه فيها"},"summary":{"en":"Royal Decree M/19 of 16 September 2021, approving Cabinet Resolution 98 of 14 September, issued the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), which was published in the Official Gazette on 24 September 2021. Penalties include up to two years' imprisonment and fines of up to SAR 5 million, and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) oversees implementation. The original text took effect on 23 March 2022 with a one-year compliance window, but it was later amended and effectively relaunched in September 2023.","ar":"صدر المرسوم الملكي رقم (م/19) وتاريخ 16 سبتمبر 2021 بالموافقة على قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 98 وتاريخ 14 سبتمبر، متضمناً نظام حماية البيانات الشخصية، ونُشر في الجريدة الرسمية في 24 سبتمبر 2021. وتصل العقوبات إلى السجن مدة سنتين وغرامة قدرها 5 ملايين ريال، وتتولى الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) الإشراف على التنفيذ. وبدأ سريان النص الأصلي في 23 مارس 2022 مع مهلة امتثال مدتها عام، لكنه عُدّل لاحقاً وأُعيد إطلاقه عملياً في سبتمبر 2023."},"entities":["PDPL","SDAIA","Council of Ministers"],"figures":[{"label":"maximum fine","label_ar":"الحد الأقصى للغرامة","value":0.005,"unit":"SAR bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2021/09/saudi-arabia-issues-personal-data-protection-law","publisher":"Clyde & Co","title":"Saudi Arabia issues Personal Data Protection Law","published":"2021-09-28"},{"url":"https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2021/09/28/saudi-arabia-royal-court-publishes-new-personal-data-protection-law/","publisher":"SCC Online","title":"Saudi Arabia: Royal Court publishes new Personal Data Protection Law","published":"2021-09-28"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pdpl-royal-decree-2021","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pdpl-royal-decree-2021","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/pdpl-royal-decree-2021.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/pdpl-royal-decree-2021.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/pdpl-royal-decree-2021.jpg"}}