In force
Saudi Shomoos Security Law
نظام نقل معلومات المتعاملين مع المنشآت الخاصة إلكترونياً إلى مركز المعلومات الوطني في وزارة الداخلية نظام شموس الأمني
Governs the electronic transfer of information about customers of private establishments to the National Information Center at the Ministry of Interior (the Shomoos security system). It has 14 articles and concerns private establishments.
- Articles
- 14
- In force
- 14
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 21/6/1435 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم ( م/43) بتاريخ 21 / 6 / 1435 · قرار مجلس الورزاء
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Shomoos Security Law
- Article 1This article defines the key terms of the Shomoos Security Law: the Shomoos system, the Ministry, government entities, information, private establishments and the customer.
- Article 2This article states the purpose of the law: setting general rules for electronically transferring private establishments' customer information to the National Information Center via Shomoos, and setting how violations are detected and penalized.
- Article 3This article sets out the activities the Shomoos system applies to, including tourist accommodation, rest house, car and property rental, gold buying, passenger and vehicle transport, sports centers and scrapyards.
- Article 4This article makes the Ministry of Interior responsible for operating the Shomoos system, supervising and developing its application, and taking the necessary measures for that.
- Article 5This article directs the Ministry of Interior to coordinate with government entities to connect them to Shomoos, determine the information to be entered, including reporting violations, and set how it is exchanged and used.
- Article 6This article directs the Ministry of Interior, in coordination with government entities, to set a mechanism for checking that private establishments have joined Shomoos before a business license is issued or renewed.
- Article 7This article requires private establishments to join the Shomoos system and to record customers' information fully, correctly and immediately from the start of dealing.
- Article 8This article makes the Ministry of Interior responsible for checking that establishments apply the law, detecting violations and applying penalties, and for setting procedures through which government entities report violating establishments.
- Article 9This article sets graduated penalties: for not joining, a warning, then SAR 10,000, then SAR 25,000, then suspension; for repeated recording violations, a warning, then SAR 5,000, then SAR 25,000, then suspension of up to 60 days.
- Article 10This article provides that Shomoos penalties are issued by decision of the Minister of Interior or his delegate, and may be challenged before the administrative court within 60 days of learning of the rejection of the grievance or of 60 days passing without a decision.
- Article 11This article requires the Ministry of Interior to take all technical measures that ensure establishments' privacy, the confidentiality of information, and that it is not used for purposes other than those intended.
- Article 12This article provides that private establishments bear no financial costs for joining the Shomoos system.
- Article 13This article requires the Minister of Interior to issue the Implementing Regulations of the Shomoos Security Law within 90 days of the law's issuance.
- Article 14This article provides that the Shomoos Security Law takes effect 90 days after the date it is published in the Official Gazette.