Announcement
24 Sep 2021
The government of Saudi Arabia restricted the transfer of personal data under its personal data protection law.
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Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
23 Mar 2022
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 24 Sep 2021
Local operations requirement
In force
On 24 September 2021, the government of Saudi Arabia published in the Official Gazette the Personal Data Protection Law. The law restricts the transfer or disclosure of personal data outside of Saudi ...
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