ImplementingRegulationPersonalDataProtectionLaw
Art. 26Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Saudi Data & AI Authority / NDMO
The Controller shall take the appropriate organizational, technical, and administrative
measures to protect Health Data from any unauthorized use, misuse, use for purposes
other than for which it was collected, or breach, and any procedures or means that
guarantee the preservation of the privacy of its owners, and it shall, in particular, take
the following controls and procedures:
1- Adopt and implement the requirements and controls issued by the Ministry of
Health, the Saudi Health Council, the Saudi Central Bank, the Council of Health
Insurance, and other related entities involved in regulating Health Services and
health insurance services, that specify the tasks and responsibilities of employees
of health care providers, health insurance companies, health insurance claims
management companies and those which are contracted by them carrying out the
Processing of Health Data.
2- Adopt the provisions of the Law and its Regulations into the internal policies of the
Controller.
3- Distribute tasks and responsibilities among employees or workers in a way that
prevents overlapping specializations and diffusion of responsibility, and taking into
account different level of access to data among employees or workers in a manner
that guarantees the highest degree of Data Subjects privacy.
4- Document all stages of Health Data Processing and provide the means to identify
the person in charge for each stage.
5- The agreement between the Controller and the Processors - to conduct work or
tasks related to Health Data Processing - shall include provisions that oblige them
to abide by the procedures and measures stated in this Article.
6- Health Data Processing should be limited to the minimum necessary to provide
healthcare services and products or health insurance programs.
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The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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