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Which entity types fall under which frameworks.
| Entity type | PDPL | NDMO | NDI | ECC | CCC | CSCC | DCC | NCS | NCNICC | ACCL | CRF | CCSPR | DCSR | CSF | SAMA-PDPL | CMA | IA | HIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government agencies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Banks (licensed) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| Finance companies and payment providers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Credit bureaus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Insurers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Capital Market Institutions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Tadawul-listed issuers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Telecom and ICT licensees | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Cloud service providers (by class) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Data centre and colocation operators | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| Operators of Critical National Infrastructure | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Govt data partners (private) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| AI developers and deployers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Healthcare providers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Health insurers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Medical device and pharmaceutical companies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Research and clinical trial sponsors | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||
| E-commerce providers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Employers (HR data) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||
| Commercial enterprises (in KSA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Special economic zone entities | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-profit organisations | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||
| Foreign entities processing KSA residents' data | ✓ | ✓ |
PDPL · NDMO · NDI · ECC · CCC · CSCC · DCC · NCS · NCNICC · ACCL · CRF · CCSPR · DCSR · CSF · SAMA-PDPL · CMA · IA · HIE
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