Privacy Policy

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:

Business and Contact Information

• Full name
• Business email address
• Telephone or WhatsApp number
• Company name
• Country and location
• Job title or professional role
• Details provided in an inquiry or consultation request

Candidate and Recruitment Information

When you apply for employment or recruitment services, we may collect:

• Contact and identification information
• Nationality, age, and date of birth
• Résumé or curriculum vitae
• Education, training, qualifications, and work history
• Professional licenses and certificates
• Passport, visa, residency, or work-authorization information
• Photographs and identification documents
• Interview, assessment, and trade-testing results
• Medical fitness or background documentation where legally required
• Employment preferences and availability
• Other information necessary for recruitment, visa processing, mobilization, or workforce deployment

We will only collect sensitive personal information when it is necessary, legally permitted, and appropriately protected.

Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed and time spent on the website
• Approximate location derived from technical information
• Cookie and analytics information

We may collect personal information:

• Directly from you through website forms, email, telephone, WhatsApp, meetings, interviews, or submitted documents
• From your employer, authorized representative, recruitment agency, or business partner
• From professional and publicly available sources
• Through website cookies, analytics technologies, and server logs
• From government authorities or service providers where legally permitted and necessary to provide requested services

If you provide information about another person, you confirm that you are authorized to provide it and that the person has been appropriately informed.

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to inquiries and consultation requests
• Evaluate business, investment, market-entry, or workforce requirements
• Provide company-establishment and government-coordination support
• Deliver recruitment, candidate-screening, outsourcing, visa-documentation, and mobilization services
• Match candidates with suitable employers or employment opportunities
• Verify qualifications, experience, identity, and eligibility
• Communicate with clients, candidates, employers, partners, and service providers
• Arrange consultations, interviews, assessments, and meetings
• Process applications, documentation, and service requests
• Send newsletters or business insights when you have requested or consented to them
• Maintain business records and fulfill contractual obligations
• Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, employment, immigration, and government requirements
• Protect our website, organization, clients, candidates, and business partners
• Improve our website, communications, and services
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights and claims

We will not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted by law or supported by appropriate consent.

We process personal information only when an appropriate legal basis exists under applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

• Your consent
• Taking steps at your request before entering into a contract
• Performing a contract or providing requested services
• Complying with legal or regulatory obligations
• Protecting vital interests
• Pursuing legitimate or actual business interests where permitted by applicable law and where those interests do not override your rights

You may withdraw consent when processing depends on consent. Withdrawal will not affect processing already lawfully completed.

We may share personal information, when necessary, with:

• Prospective or existing employers
• Clients requesting workforce or recruitment services
• Authorized recruitment agencies and business partners
• Government ministries, embassies, consulates, visa centers, and regulatory authorities
• Medical, background-check, assessment, training, and document-processing providers
• Travel, transportation, accommodation, and mobilization providers
• Professional advisers, including lawyers, accountants, and consultants
• Website hosting, cloud storage, analytics, email, customer-management, and technology providers
• Law-enforcement or government authorities when disclosure is legally required
• A successor organization in connection with a lawful merger, acquisition, restructuring, or transfer of business

We expect service providers and business partners handling personal information on our behalf to use it only for authorized purposes and to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security.

Connecting Saudi does not sell personal information.

Because Connecting Saudi works with clients, candidates, partners, and service providers in Saudi Arabia and international markets, personal information may be processed or stored outside the country in which it was collected.

Where personal information is transferred outside Saudi Arabia, we will take appropriate measures required by applicable law to protect the information and support a lawful transfer.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Enable essential website functions
• Remember user preferences
• Understand website traffic and performance
• Improve the user experience
• Protect the website from fraud, abuse, and security threats

Where required, non-essential cookies will be used only after appropriate consent. You may control cookies through the cookie settings displayed on the website or through your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.

If you subscribe to receive Saudi market insights, business updates, workforce news, or other promotional communications, we may use your contact information for that purpose.

You may unsubscribe at any time by:

• Using the unsubscribe link included in the communication; or
• Contacting us at info@connectingsaudi.com

Withdrawing from marketing communications will not prevent us from sending necessary service-related or transactional messages.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Fulfill the purpose for which it was collected
• Provide requested services
• Complete recruitment, visa, or workforce processes
• Maintain required business and financial records
• Comply with legal, regulatory, contractual, and government obligations
• Resolve disputes and protect legal rights

When personal information is no longer required, we will delete, securely destroy, or anonymize it, subject to applicable legal requirements.

We use reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information through unsecured email or messaging services.

Subject to applicable law and any lawful exceptions, you may have the right to:

• Be informed about how your personal information is processed
• Access personal information held about you
• Request correction or completion of inaccurate information
• Request deletion or destruction of information when legally permitted
• Obtain a copy of your personal information in an appropriate format
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Object to or request restrictions on certain processing where applicable
• Submit a complaint concerning the handling of your personal information

To exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling the request.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, WhatsApp, maps, or other external services.

Those services operate under their own privacy policies and practices. Connecting Saudi is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of independent third parties.

Our website and business services are not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the website without appropriate legal authorization.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us without proper authorization, please contact us so that we can review and appropriately address the information.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or legal obligations.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through an appropriate additional notice.

If you have questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, please contact:

Connecting Saudi: Level 26, King’s Road Tower King Abdulaziz Road Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Email: info@connectingsaudi.com
Telephone: +966 56 389 0030
Website: connectingsaudi.com

You may also have the right to submit a complaint to the competent data-protection authority in Saudi Arabia.