Saudi Arabia has recently updated its regulations relating to electronic messages and unsolicited marketing communications. In this article, we provide a brief summary of the key points.
New Anti-Spam Regulation
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (‘CITC’) is responsible for regulating the telecoms sector in Saudi Arabia. This includes responsibility for licensing telecommunications service providers, as well as responsibility for issuing rules to ensure compliance with the Telecoms Law (Council of Ministers resolution No. 74, dated 05/03/1422H; 27 May 2001; Royal Decree No. M/12, dated 12/03/1422H; 3 June 2001) and its By-Law (issued by Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Resolution No. (11) dated 15/05/1423H; 27 July 2001)).
Article 37 of the Telecoms Law prohibits the misuse of telecommunications services to cause a disturbance. Article 58 of the Telecoms By-Law requires telecommunications service providers to protect the personal information of subscribers/users. With these considerations in mind, the CITC has recently issued new regulations
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