🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Law

PDPL Compliance Guide

A reference guide to Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law and the SDAIA requirements that sit alongside it.

PDPL is reference material only. There is no PDPL control catalogue in ReadyGDPR and PDPL cannot be adopted in the product. The frameworks you can adopt today are GDPR, CERT-In, DPDP and CCPA/CPRA. This page is provided as a guide to the law.

PDPL mirrors many principles from GDPR while incorporating region-specific requirements. Compare with California's CCPA and India's DPDP Act.

Privacy Law Comparison

Quick reference guide to understand key differences across regulations

Aspect

Territorial Scope

EU residents (global reach)

California residents only

India residents (global reach)

Saudi Arabia residents

Legal Basis

6 lawful bases (Art. 6)

Opt-out model

Consent-based

Consent & legitimate interest

Individual Rights

8 comprehensive rights

4 core consumer rights

5 data principal rights

7 data subject rights

Max Penalties

€20M or 4% revenue

$7,500 per violation

₹250 crores

SAR 5M or 2% revenue

Breach Notification

72 hours to authority

No specific timeline

Board notification required

72 hours to SDAIA

Understanding Multiple Jurisdictions

Operating globally? You may need to comply with multiple regulations. Our guides explain GDPR, CCPA, DPDP, and PDPL side by side. Inside ReadyGDPR, the adoptable control catalogues are GDPR and CERT-In.

Compare Privacy Regulations

Understand how different data protection laws compare and overlap

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GDPR Compliance

EU General Data Protection Regulation - 99 articles, strictest global standard

Key Focus: Learn about Article 30 ROPA & 72-hour breach notification

Learn More

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CCPA Compliance

California Consumer Privacy Act - Focus on data sales & consumer opt-out rights

Key Focus: Master do not sell requirements & 45-day response deadlines

Learn More

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DPDP Act 2023

India Digital Personal Data Protection Act - Consent-based framework

Key Focus: Understand data fiduciary obligations & Data Protection Board

Learn More

ReadyGDPR is software, not an appointed Data Protection Officer. If Article 37 requires you to appoint one, ReadyGDPR helps them do the job — it doesn’t replace them.