Guidelines for Binding Common Rules (BCR) For Personal Data Transfer – Introduction builds on the authority granted under the KSA Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and its associated Transfer Regulation. It explains when and how organizations can legally transfer personal data outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using Binding Common Rules (BCRs). Specifically, BCRs serve as a legally recognized alternative safeguard when entities are exempted from the standard requirement to ensure an equivalent or minimum level of data protection abroad. The introduction emphasizes that BCRs are part of the mechanisms approved by SDAIA to enable cross-border data flows without undermining data subjects’ rights or compromising data protection standards.
Guidelines for Binding Common Rules (BCR) For Personal Data Transfer – Introduction
Based on the Personal Data Protection Law, issued by Royal Decree No. (M/19) dated 9/2/1443 AH (the “Law”) and amended by Royal Decree No. (M/148) dated 5/9/1444 AH, and its contents on the permissibility of transferring Personal Data outside the Kingdom. The Regulation on the Transfer of Personal Data Outside the Kingdom (“Transfer Regulation”) sets out the provisions to be followed upon transfer, including the Rules applied in cases where Controllers are exempted from the requirements to comply with the level of protection and the minimum level of transfer of Personal Data stipulated in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of Paragraph (2) of Article (29) of the Law and provisions of the Regulation on the Transfer of Personal Data Outside the Kingdom.
