Law of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Art. 23Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Ministry of Investment (misa.gov.sa)
1. A service provider shall take all the measures and arrangements necessary
to protect the confidentiality of the user’s personal information and
documents and to prevent access thereto or unlawful use thereof, including
preparing policies for such purpose and submitting them to the Commission
for approval, in accordance with relevant statutory provisions.
2. The user's information and documents may not be disclosed except with his
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consent and subject to relevant statutory provisions.
3. Subject to relevant statutory provisions, if the user's information or
documents are compromised in any way, the service provider shall take all
the measures necessary to protect such information and documents and
shall promptly notify the Commission and the user of the incident in detail.
4. Without prejudice to relevant statutory provisions, a service provider shall
retain the user's information and documents for the period determined by the
Commission. Such period shall be calculated from the last date the service
is provided. If a dispute arises between the user and the service provider,
such information and documents shall be retained until the dispute is
resolved.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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