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General Principle for ​Personal Data Protection

  • Document TypeRegulations
  • Decision SubjectCustomer
  • Decision Number415/1441
  • Publish Date16/04/2020
General Principle for ​Personal Data Protection
Based on the Communications and Information Technology Act issued by Royal Decree No. (M/106) dated 02/11/1443 AH, and it’s Bylaw, and based on the regulatory tasks assigned to CST under its Ordinance. Therefore in accordance with CST role towards the protection of customers' personal data in the Telecommunications and Information Technology sectors; CST prepared the document of "General Principles for Personal Data Protection."
The General Principles for Personal Data Protection in the Telecommunications and technology Sectors aims at the following:
• Maintaining the privacy of customers' personal data and protecting their rights in accordance with international best practices.
• Increase consumers' trust in ICT services that depend on processing personal data.
• Establishing the principles and the legal foundations that enable the service providers to invest and innovate in services and applications that provide added value to users by utilizing the personal data.
General Principles for Personal Data Protection.pdf