Terms And Conditions

Usage and Personal Data Protection Policy

The Cultural Development Fund (CDF) places the highest importance on protecting personal data and is committed to complying with the Personal Data Protection Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/19) dated 09/02/1443 AH, as amended by Royal Decree No. (M/148) dated 05/09/1444 AH and its regulations. It is crucial for website visitors to review the usage and personal data protection policy, including the nature of the data collected by the Cultural Development Fund, the purpose of its collection and processing in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations in force in the Kingdom, as well as related regulations and legislation. This policy should be reviewed regularly to be aware of any updates made to it. Your visit and use of the Cultural Development Fund website indicates that you have reviewed and agreed to the contents of this usage and personal data protection policy and any updates made to it, except for the processing of personal data in cases where the Personal Data Protection Law stipulates that it is not subject to consent.

1. Definitions

The Fund: Cultural Development Fund.
Beneficiary, Visitor, or User: Anyone who accesses, uses, or communicates through the Fund's official website (cdf.gov.sa) or any of its official communication channels, whether they have received the Fund's services or not.
Data Subjects: Beneficiaries, visitors, or users whose personal data is retained.
Personal Data: Any data - regardless of its source or form - that would lead to identifying an individual specifically, or make it possible to identify them directly or indirectly when combined with other data. This includes, but is not limited to, names, personal identification numbers, addresses, contact numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, photos and videos of an individual, and other data of a personal nature. Personal data includes, but is not limited to, the following types:
- Basic Personal Data such as name, gender, marital status, personal photos, and others.
- Contact Information such as phone numbers, email addresses, national address, and others.
- Technical Data such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your personal computer to the Internet.
- Financial Data such as income information, projects, account numbers, and others.
Cookie: Data elements that a web service may send to a browser and that may be stored on the user's device. The purpose of cookies placed on the user's device is to facilitate browsing websites only and does not serve any other functions.

2. Usage Privacy

The Cultural Development Fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia allows all visitors access to its website pages (cdf.gov.sa). The Fund is committed to protecting your personal data privacy and will not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily choose to provide and submit this information to us through the communication channels specified on this website. This information is not exploited or used for any other (non-regulatory) purpose outside the scope of processing your request. We would like to inform you that during your browsing of this website, hosting systems automatically record visitor information related to browsing operations (information that does not reveal your personal identity) such as pages read, content viewed, or materials downloaded, for statistical purposes that help us evaluate the level of content and presentation method and provide information about system performance problems to improve the overall performance of this website.

3. Website Protection

To achieve security standards on this website, and to ensure the protection and availability of information and services provided to all visitors, the Cultural Development Fund monitors data traffic to and from the website to protect this website and detect unauthorized access attempts, or attempts to change or disable content. Any unauthorized attempts to access this website or any of its systems, or attempts to change its contents, or disable access to it, or attempts to harm the website in any way are strictly prohibited. The Fund has the right to take measures it deems appropriate to protect information or against misuse of this website, and the Fund reserves its legal right to pursue those responsible for such acts in accordance with the Anti-Cyber Crime Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/17 dated 8/3/1428 AH and Council of Ministers Resolution No. 79 dated 7/3/1428 AH and its regulations and the laws and regulations applicable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

4. Copyright and Intellectual Property

The copyright, information, and materials available and present on the Cultural Development Fund website are assets owned by the Fund. It is strictly prohibited to copy, publish, or use them in a manner that violates the purpose for which they were published or to exploit them for personal goals and interests without prior written permission from the Fund. Therefore, in any case of legal use, the Cultural Development Fund must be cited as the source of that information.

5. External Website Links

Links to external websites managed by other entities are provided; the Fund aims through these to help the visitor access some websites that may provide some services and information they need, without any responsibility for the privacy and confidentiality policy adopted in them or their performance or impact in general. We advise the visitor to review the privacy and confidentiality policy of any of these websites.

6. Protection of Personal Information

The Cultural Development Fund is committed to not disclosing the visitor's personal information that they voluntarily provide without their personal consent, except in certain cases where the law requires disclosure of this information. Necessary data may also be shared to complete the processing of the visitor's request with relevant internal departments or entities in the Fund, in order to serve them more effectively.
Personal data is securely stored and managed on servers within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using advanced technologies and in accordance with the policies of the National Cybersecurity Authority and international standards to ensure protection from unauthorized access and reduce cyber threats. This data is disposed of securely to ensure it cannot be retrieved. The Fund is committed to reporting any data breaches in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law. To help the visitor protect their personal information, we recommend the following:

1. Contact the Fund immediately when you think someone has accessed your personal information, or any confidential information you have provided or obtained from the Fund via (helpdesk@cdf.gov.sa).
2. Never disclose any confidential information over the phone or the Internet unless you are sure of the identity of the person or receiving party and there is a prior agreement specifying communication channels.
3. Use a secure browser when conducting transactions over the Internet, closing unused applications, and ensure that antivirus software is active and up-to-date at all times.
4. To protect your personal data, the Fund follows a comprehensive and strict security policy, and the servers hosting this website are subject to the highest levels of protection. Personal data is stored, processed, and shared using appropriate security technologies.

7. Rights of Data Subjects

Beneficiaries whose personal data is retained have the right to request access to their data, correct it, or delete it by contacting via the email provided on this website. The request will be handled - in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law - as follows:

1. Upon request, the beneficiary will be provided with the stored personal data.
2. If the beneficiary finds that their personal data is inaccurate, incorrect, or incomplete, they have the right to request modification, and this request will be processed and the data updated, with confirmation of the modification sent to the beneficiary.
3. Beneficiaries have the right to request the deletion of their personal data, except in cases where the Fund is required to retain it for specific periods by relevant regulations or contractual obligations.
4. Beneficiaries have the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of their personal data at any time, and the Fund will cease this processing unless there are compelling reasons that require otherwise.
5. The Fund maintains a record detailing the methods used to process users' personal data and is committed to sharing this record with data subjects if they request it.

8. Data Damage or Loss

Any damage or loss of provided data due to an action taken by the user, or an action taken by a third party, or due to a technical malfunction, or due to force majeure, the Fund does not bear any legal responsibility towards any party unless the laws and instructions applicable in the Kingdom stipulate otherwise.

9. Use of Links To/From the Fund's Website

1. It is prohibited to create any electronic links specific to the website or display any of them in a frame or place their links on any site except for placing links specific to services on sites that do not conflict in their goals and general orientation with the objectives, policies, and frameworks of the electronic services of the Cultural Development Fund.
2. The Fund is not considered in any way a participant or associated in any form with any trademarks, logos, commercial or service symbols, or any other means used or appearing on some website services or any of its contents unless they are approved by its competent departments.
3. The Fund reserves all its rights to stop and obstruct any connection in any form from any unauthorized site or containing inappropriate, obscene, offensive, vulgar, pornographic, indecent, unacceptable, illegal topics, or names, materials, or information that violate any law or infringe upon any public or private rights.
4. The Fund bears no responsibility for the contents available on any other site accessed through this website or accessed through the Fund's services.
5. The Fund does not guarantee the functioning of electronic links associated with other sites.

10. Use of Cookies

Cookies may be used in electronic exchange for the purpose of better serving the user.

11. Usage Restrictions

By using the website or services of the Cultural Development Fund, you agree to refrain from the following:

1. Uploading or downloading files containing software, materials, data, or other information that you do not own or do not have a license for.
2. Uploading or downloading files containing viruses, corrupted data, or any malicious software, or doing anything that would affect the integrity of the information on the website or its reliability or continued availability.
3. Publishing, advertising, distributing, or circulating materials or information containing violations of regulations, public morals, or illegal information through the Fund's services.
4. Using any means, program, or procedure to intercept or attempt to intercept the proper operation of the Fund's website.
5. Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable, disproportionately large or excessive load on the Fund’s website infrastructure.
6. Anything that is considered a violation of the Anti-Cyber Crime Law or any other relevant law in the Kingdom.

12. General Provisions

Your use of the Cultural Development Fund website constitutes an express agreement to this policy without any liability on the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to make any minor or major modification to this policy from time to time without the need to provide notice, as these amendments are considered effective since their publication on the Fund's website. Your continued use of the website after these amendments is considered acceptance of these changes, so you should review this policy periodically to ensure you are aware of the latest version. The laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia alone are the applicable laws in all matters related to disputes that may arise from the use of this website, and the courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have exclusive jurisdiction to consider and decide on those disputes.

For More Information

If you have any inquiries or opinions about the usage and personal data protection policy, you can contact the website management through the communication channels shown on the Contact Us page.