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End of transition period for Saudi Arabia's PDPL
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End of transition period for Saudi Arabia's PDPL

Thursday Deep Dive 19-Sep-24 - Middle East AI News LIVE

19-Sep-24 - Thursday Deep Dive - Osama El-Masry, Middle East Lead for Data Responsibility and Privacy at a global technology services company Cognizant, joins Carrington Malin to discuss Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), the end of the 12 month transition period announced for the new law, and what the law means for organisations collecting Saudi consumer data.

  • 00:00 Introduction to Middle East AI News LIVE

  • 02:33 Introduction to Cognizant & Osama El-Masry’s role

  • 05:46 Importance and impact of Saudi’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)

  • 08:09 Consumer benefits and rights under PDPL

  • 11:35 Application and enforcement of PDPL

  • 13:28 Differences between PDPL and GDPR

  • 15:34 Challenges and compliance strategies

  • 21:29 Effect of PDPL on cloud services market

  • 22:28 Impact of recent PDPL awareness campaigns

  • 25:14 How organisations should approach compliance management

  • 32:02 Role of Data Protection Officers (DPOs)

  • 38:01 Final PDPL advice and conclusion

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