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Privacy and Terms of Use

First: Personal Data Collected

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) collects the minimum amount of personal data from beneficiaries necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, in compliance with the Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The personal data collected includes the following categories:

  • Basic personal data: Includes the user's full name, gender, and marital status.
  • Contact information: Includes details such as phone numbers, email address, and personal address.
  • Account data: Includes account login information for platforms and applications belonging to the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, such as usernames and passwords.
  • Education and training data: Includes the practitioner's education information, continuing professional development records, examination data, qualifications, and professional certificates.
  • Financial data: Includes data collected for payment processing purposes, such as bank account details.
  • Professional experience data: Includes information related to the practitioner's professional career history.
  • Questions, enquiries, or feedback data.
  • Geolocation data: In some cases, users may provide consent to share their geographical location in order to benefit from certain services provided through the Digital Government Authority (DGA) platform.
  • Internet network data: Includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, which is the unique number assigned to the device you use and allows other devices connected to the Internet to identify the destination of data transmitted from it.

Second: Why Do We Collect Your Personal Data and How Do We Collect It?

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties is committed to collecting and processing your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations. The collection and processing of your personal data is necessary to provide the highest level of service.

Your personal data is collected either directly or indirectly depending on the service provided to you. The methods of collecting personal data include the following:

Direct Methods

  • Personal data provided for the purposes of registering for services, following up on enquiries, suggestions, or complaints submitted by users.
  • Communication: When you contact the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties through available communication channels.
  • Suggestions or complaints.
  • Paper registration forms.
  • Electronic services.

Indirect Methods

  • Data provided to us by other entities, such as government and private organisations that support or provide services to beneficiaries of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties' services.
  • Data recorded automatically when you visit the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties' website or its electronic platforms.

Third: How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties continuously works to improve the performance of its services provided to beneficiaries by collecting and processing data for the following purposes:

  • Enabling and providing Saudi Commission for Health Specialties services and fulfilling their requirements.
  • Conducting studies that support the healthcare sector.
  • Responding to enquiries from beneficiaries of the Commission's services.
  • Developing and improving the beneficiary experience and ensuring the continued delivery of services at the required quality level.
  • Verifying the identity of users when registering for various Commission services.

Fourth: Sharing of Personal Data

In accordance with the Data Sharing Policy issued by the Commission, we may share your necessary personal data with government entities or authorised non-governmental entities responsible for providing government services for specific purposes. Such sharing is based on legal grounds or justified operational needs aimed at achieving public interest without harming national interests or individuals' privacy.

When sharing your personal data, we ensure that it is shared through a secure and trusted environment in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations.

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties takes additional measures to ensure the protection of your personal data by signing data-sharing agreements between the Commission and other entities, according to specific terms and conditions that comply with data-sharing and exchange principles.