PDPL compliance services,
from data mapping to breach readiness.
The Saudi Personal Data Protection Law makes every organisation processing personal data of Saudi residents accountable — with registration, records, impact assessments and a 72-hour breach clock. We turn those obligations into an operating programme: mapped data, assigned owners, working procedures and evidence that holds up.
The obligations most organisations must operationalise
PDPL compliance is not a policy document — it is a set of running processes. These are the core obligations we build with you; each links to our reference material.
Platform and advisory, working as one
Run compliance on GRC Vantage
GRC Vantage holds your PDPL programme as living records: processing registers, obligations mapped to controls and owners, DPIA workflows, data-subject request tracking and breach-response evidence — hosted inside the Kingdom, satisfying the residency question by architecture.
Bring in our practitioners
Our practitioners run PDPL readiness reviews, build records of processing and data maps, draft privacy notices and policies in Arabic and English, design DPIA and breach procedures, and analyse cross-border transfers — through our GRC advisory practice.
- PDPL readiness review with prioritised remediation roadmap
- Records of processing activities and personal-data map
- Privacy notices and policies in Arabic and English
- DPIA methodology with completed assessments for priority processing
- Breach detection, assessment and 72-hour notification procedures
- Cross-border transfer analysis and residency recommendations
Frequently asked questions
Who must comply with the Saudi PDPL?
Every organisation — public or private, inside or outside the Kingdom — that processes personal data of individuals residing in Saudi Arabia. The law is supervised by SDAIA, and its Implementing Regulations set out the operational detail: registration, records of processing, impact assessments, breach notification and transfer rules. If you hold customer, employee or citizen data of Saudi residents, PDPL applies to you.
What does a PDPL compliance programme actually involve?
Five running capabilities: knowing your data (records of processing and data maps), justifying it (lawful basis and consent), assessing it (DPIAs for higher-risk processing), answering for it (data-subject rights procedures) and responding when it goes wrong (72-hour breach notification). We build each as a working process with an owner — not as a policy binder.
Does PDPL require personal data to stay inside Saudi Arabia?
PDPL regulates cross-border transfers rather than banning them outright — transfers require a lawful ground and, depending on the case, adequacy or safeguards under the Implementing Regulations. Many organisations choose in-Kingdom hosting to simplify the analysis; GRC Vantage supports Saudi hosting and full on-premise deployment for exactly this reason. We map your transfers and tell you which need action.
How does the 72-hour breach rule work?
Controllers must notify the competent authority of personal-data breaches within 72 hours of becoming aware, and affected individuals where the breach threatens their data or interests. Meeting the clock is an operational problem — detection, severity assessment, decision rights and pre-drafted notification templates — which is precisely what our breach-readiness workstream builds and exercises.
Find out where your PDPL programme stands
Book a working session with our advisors. We'll review your current position against PDPL and its Implementing Regulations, identify the obligations that need attention first, and outline a practical roadmap.