Privacy compliance stopped being a one-time exercise.
As organisations collect, process and exchange growing volumes of personal data, privacy has become a business governance responsibility, not a legal filing exercise carried out once and revisited every few years.
For most Saudi organisations, the challenge is no longer understanding what PDPL requires. It is maintaining continuous accountability across people, processes, technology and third-party ecosystems, every day the business keeps operating, expanding and changing systems.
Three reasons organisations bring in an outsourced privacy function
Regulatory Accountability
Demonstrate ongoing compliance readiness through structured privacy governance, not a single audit that ages the moment the business changes.
Operational Complexity
Coordinate privacy responsibilities that now span legal, IT, HR, security and the wider business, instead of leaving ownership diffused across departments.
Specialist Expertise
Access experienced privacy professionals on demand, without carrying the cost and hiring risk of building a full internal function from scratch.
Our DPO Services
Comprehensive Data Protection Officer Support
Helping organisations strengthen privacy governance, maintain compliance, and manage personal data responsibly.

Monitoring
Continuous monitoring of privacy practices to ensure compliance with regulations and internal policies.

Data Management
Supporting organisations in managing personal data securely through effective governance and controls.

Breach Coordination
Providing structured support for identifying, managing, and responding to data breaches effectively.

Developing and Maintaining Records
Helping maintain accurate records of processing activities and privacy documentation.

Regulatory Accountability
Ensuring accountability through governance frameworks, policies, and regulatory alignment.

Privacy by Design Advisory
Embedding privacy considerations into processes, systems, and projects from the beginning.
From compliance readiness to privacy maturity
Follow the connected pathway to see how RSM Saudi Arabia builds a privacy operating model with you, from initial assessment through to ongoing oversight.
Select any stage to explore the work involved.
Assess
Understand your current privacy posture and identify gaps against PDPL requirements, benchmarked against how SDAIA actually enforces the law.
Local understanding. Global expertise. Practical execution.

Saudi Regulatory Knowledge
Grounded in PDPL requirements, SDAIA expectations and the operating realities of doing business in the Kingdom.

Global Advisory Strength
Supported by RSM's international network across governance, risk and compliance, bringing a wider frame of reference to local decisions.

Business-Focused Implementation
Helping organisations embed privacy practices that work operationally, not frameworks that only hold up on paper.
DPO service capabilities, brought together as one accountable function
Explore each capability to see how the service supports day-to-day privacy governance and stronger PDPL readiness.
Evaluate Your Saudi PDPL Compliance Maturity
Take our quick, self-paced assessment to benchmark your organization’s data privacy readiness. Instantly receive a personalized PDF report detailing your maturity level across 8 critical PDPL domains.
What’s Inside the Report:
- An instant breakdown of your current risk score and maturity stage.
- Identification of immediate priority gaps, from data mapping to vendor risk.
- A roadmap to help your legal and management teams establish a defensible baseline.




