Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Saudi Aramco”), is a Saudi joint stock company established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Kingdom”) by virtue of Royal Decree No. M/8, dated 4/4/1409H (corresponding 13/11/1988G) and registered in the city of Dhahran under commercial registration no 2052101150.

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Information we collect

When you use Saudi Aramco Life, we will need to use information about you (“Personal Data”) which we collect by using information we already hold about you to allow you to use the platform. Personal Data which we may collect and/or use by using the platform includes your Personal Data such as:

Personal information

• Email Address: This information is needed to communicate with you about new stories being posted and as directed by your preferences.
• Cookies / Device information: Certain cookies are collected to allow us to improve our App and make your experience better. We provide more information on this within our cookie notice.

How we might share your Personal Data

We may share your Personal Data with third parties. We may need to do this:

• To third party suppliers and vendors who we use to support our business, including but not limited to the operation, features and functionality, and those who provide information technology and system administration services to us.

How we protect and handle your Personal Data

We use robust technical and organizational measures to protect any personal information we process about you. All Saudi Aramco personnel who have access to your Personal Data operate under strict corporate guidelines to ensure the protection of the data and compliance with applicable local data protection laws and regulations.

Data Location

We store and host your Personal Data within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Your Personal Data may also be stored, hosted, processed and shared by third parties supporting the App outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The laws on processing such information, including where such information is classed as "personal data", in these locations may be less stringent than in your country. We will take all steps reasonably necessary and/or required by applicable data protection laws to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this notice and applicable law.

How long do we keep your Personal Data?

We will keep Personal Data for as long as we have a relationship with you and when you use Saudi Aramco Life. Following, we shall retain this for a period of seven, (7) years or such longer period as required by law and/or to protect our legal interests.

We will not keep any information for longer than is strictly necessary and when we no longer need the information, we will securely destroy it in accordance with our internal policies or anonymize it.

Your Rights

Under certain applicable laws and in accordance with Saudi Aramco policies, you may have certain rights in relation to your Personal Data. These rights include right to access the Personal Data that you provided to or is being used by Saudi Aramco in connection with Saudi Aramco Life. You may also have the right to:

• Request a copy of what Personal Data we have on you;
• Restrict the processing of your Personal Data; and/or
• Object to the processing of your Personal Data.

For collection and use based on legitimate interests, you may object to processing of your personal information. To that effect you can contact Saudi Aramco in writing at the email address provided below.

Changes

We may make changes to this Privacy Notice from time to time. These will be made here and we’d recommend you take a look from time to time.