Saudi PDPL Compliance & Data Privacy Consulting
Practical PDPL beyond cybersecurity - personal data inventory, lawful processing, privacy notices, DSAR, and a sustainable privacy program aligned with SDAIA expectations.
Privacy is not the same as cybersecurity
Cybersecurity protects systems and data from unauthorized access, attacks, and loss. Data privacy focuses on how personal data is collected, used, stored, shared, transferred, retained, and destroyed - and whether you have a lawful reason for processing it. Strong firewalls and SIEM alone do not make you PDPL-compliant.
Engagement highlights
- Riyadh-based privacy consultants
- SDAIA-aligned PDPL program design
- Inventory, ROPA, and rights workflows
- Risk-ranked roadmap with owners
How we help with Saudi PDPL
We do not start by writing policies alone. We discover what personal data you hold, why you hold it, where it lives, and who touches it - then close gaps with governance, process, and controls.
Scope & applicability
Clarify how PDPL applies to your structure, products, Data Subjects, sensitive data, and controller vs processor roles.
Discovery, inventory & classification
Find personal data across systems, cloud, email, and vendors - then classify Personal vs Sensitive and set protection levels.
Flow mapping & ROPA
Map collection through destruction and build a living Record of Processing Activities with purpose, basis, recipients, and retention.
Lawful basis & consent
Assign appropriate legal grounds per activity and fix how consent is obtained, recorded, demonstrated, and withdrawn.
Privacy notices
Draft or refresh website, customer, employee, applicant, supplier, app, CCTV, and cookie notices that match real processing.
Data Subject rights (DSAR)
Stand up intake, identity checks, search, response timelines, evidence logs, and escalations for individual requests.
Retention & destruction
Define retention schedules, owners, and secure deletion - including automation where your stack supports it.
PIA / DPIA
Document privacy impact for high-risk processing - sensitive data, large-scale use, monitoring, or new technologies.
Cross-border & processors
Assess transfers outside KSA and third-party processors; strengthen DPAs, safeguards, and supplier privacy clauses.
DPO & breach response
Assess DPO need and roles; build personal-data breach procedures with 72-hour notification readiness where required.
Policies, privacy by design & tech
Deliver operating policies plus privacy-by-design for new systems, and recommend DLP, encryption, IAM, and related controls only where they fit.
Gap assessment & roadmap
Score each requirement, assign owners and evidence, and sequence immediate, short-term, medium-term, and continuous compliance work.
From discovery to compliance
A typical engagement moves from understanding your personal-data lifecycle to a defensible, sustainable privacy program.
Discover
Scope applicability, inventory personal data, classify it, and map flows across systems and third parties.
Assess
Build ROPA, review lawful bases and consent, run gap scoring, and flag high-risk processing for PIA / DPIA.
Implement
Stand up notices, DSAR workflows, retention, breach handling, processor terms, and privacy-by-design practices.
Prove
Prioritise the roadmap, gather evidence, and set continuous reviews so compliance stays operational - not a one-off project.
Related frameworks
Ready to build a practical PDPL program?
Talk with our Riyadh-based consultants about scope, timelines, and a privacy roadmap that protects Personal Data across its full lifecycle. Call +966 531 446 716 or request a consultation online.
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