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National Data Governance Interim Regulations

Type	Instrument
Issuing authority	Saudi Data & AI Authority / National Data Management Office (SDAIA / NDMO)
Framework	Data Management & Governance
Tier	Implementing & executive regulation
Legal status	In force
Instrument number	NDMO (SDAIA)
Issued	2020-05-05
Version	1
Dates	Policies v1, 5 May 2020. Personal data parts overtaken in practice by the PDPL.
Last verified	2026-10-20

The NDMO's National Data Governance Interim Regulations (policies v1, dated 5 May 2020) set the first national rules for government data.

• Topics: data classification, personal data protection, data sharing, freedom of information, open data, children's personal data protection, and general rules on cross-border transfer.
• Still the reference texts: the Data Classification, Freedom of Information and Open Data policies. Data sharing was reissued as the Data Sharing Policy v2.0 (2024).
• Overtaken in practice: the interim personal data, children's data and transfer rules appear to have been overtaken by the PDPL (in force 14 September 2023) and its regulations. A formal repeal has not been verified.

In this framework

• SDAIA Organizational Arrangements
• Data Sharing Policy
• NDMO Data Management & Personal Data Protection Standards
• Freedom of Information Policy
• Data Classification Policy
• Open Data Policy
• Data Monetization Policy
• National Data Index (NDI)
• NDI: Operational Excellence (OE)
• General Rules for Secondary Use of Data
• NDI: Operational Excellence FAQs
• Data Regulatory Sandbox

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