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Saudi Arabia Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree M/19, as amended)

Saudi Arabia's privacy law is enforced by SDAIA, the same authority that issues the Kingdom's AI ethics principles and generative-AI guidelines, making it the binding core of an otherwise guidance-based AI regime.

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Obtain consent or another legal basis; the SDAIA implementing regulations require privacy impact assessments for high-risk processing - Notify breaches to SDAIA within 72 hours; register with the national data controllers register

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