Leverage OneTrust to support your compliance journey by streamlining processes, managing privacy risks, and fulfilling data subject rights to help your organization meet PDPL requirements.
Saudi Arabia PDPL Compliance
Scalable compliance for Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)
Protect personal data, automate consent and rights workflows, strengthen data governance, and streamline breach response to comply with the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) in Saudi Arabia.
Operationalize and automate compliance with the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)
Employ built-in PDPL control frameworks and actionable workflows designed to help you identify gaps and prioritize remediation. Accelerate policy and control implementation across your organization using OneTrust Compliance Automation.
Gain full visibility into personal data processing activities across your environment. Use automated data discovery, risk scoring, and impact assessments to proactively monitor and reduce privacy risks while ensuring compliance with PDPL’s data protection principles.
Automate detection, documentation, and reporting of data breaches to meet PDPL’s 72-hour notification requirement. Maintain comprehensive audit trails and notify regulators and affected individuals promptly using OneTrust Incident Response.
Identify, assess, and monitor privacy risks across your vendor ecosystem to help ensure third party processors comply with PDPL requirements. Automate vendor risk assessments maintain continuous visibility into risk posture and conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) where needed while maintaining audit ready documentation for regulatory accountability.
FAQs
Learn more to frequently asked questions about Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), including what the PDPL is, who must comply, when it was enforced, and how it compares to other data privacy laws in the Middle East.
The Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) took effect on September 14, 2023, with enforcement starting September 14, 2024. As of 2025, organizations processing personal data related to individuals in Saudi Arabia must be fully compliant to avoid penalties.
Yes. The PDPL applies to any organization—whether based in Saudi Arabia or internationally—that processes the personal data of individuals located in the Kingdom. This includes companies that offer goods or services to people in Saudi Arabia or monitor their behavior. If your business targets or operates within the Saudi market, compliance with the PDPL is required.
While both laws aim to protect personal data, Saudi Arabia’s PDPL includes more defined timelines, explicit breach notification obligations (such as the 72-hour rule), and has entered full enforcement. The UAE law outlines similar principles—such as consent, purpose limitation, and data subject rights—but enforcement, penalties, and regulator guidance are still maturing. Saudi Arabia’s PDPL currently carries stronger legal weight.