Article 2 of the Saudi Shomoos Security Law

This article explains the purpose of the law, which has two parts:

1. Setting the general rules for transferring information: that is, transferring the information of customers dealing with private establishments to the National Information Center at the Ministry of Interior, electronically, and through the Shomoos system.
2. Setting the mechanism for detecting violations and the penalties for them.

Under Article 1, the customer is the natural person who benefits from the services of private establishments, and the information is that person's data that must be recorded and sent through Shomoos. The Shomoos system itself is a central automated system on the national information network.

So the law does not merely require establishments to register; it also contains a mechanism for catching violators and penalties for them. Article 3 then sets out the activities the law applies to: tourist accommodation facilities and the rental of rest houses, car rental, buying gold and jewelry from the customer, passenger transport between cities or outside the Kingdom, vehicle transport, property rental, sports centers, and scrapyards.

Anyone who wants to know whether their establishment is subject to the law can consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases and commercial regulations.