Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Saudi Consulting Club (SCC) is an independent professional community for students, graduates, and early-career candidates interested in consulting.

For purposes of personal data submitted directly through SCC’s website, SCC determines why and how that information is used. Privacy-related requests may be sent to info@saudiconsultingclub.com.

2. Personal Data We Collect

When you voluntarily submit a membership, contact, partnership, event, or participation form, we may collect your full name, email address, university, academic major or field of study, graduation year or academic status, consulting experience or interests, preferred language, and information you choose to provide in free-text fields or messages.

We do not intentionally request passwords, financial information, national identification numbers, health information, or other unnecessary sensitive personal data through our public forms.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We generally collect personal data directly from you when you submit a form, contact SCC, request membership, or otherwise voluntarily communicate with us through the website.

4. Why We Process Your Data and Legal Basis

We process submitted information for specific purposes such as reviewing and managing membership or participation requests; communicating with applicants and members; organizing SCC activities and initiatives; understanding the academic backgrounds represented in the community; improving SCC programs, resources, and website experience; and responding to questions or messages.

Depending on the activity, processing may be based on your consent, steps necessary to respond to a request you make, or another legal basis permitted under applicable Saudi law. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent through the contact channel below, subject to applicable requirements and processing already lawfully completed.

5. Mandatory and Optional Information

Unless a form clearly identifies a field as optional, the information requested in that form may be needed for SCC to review or respond to your submission. If required information is not provided, SCC may be unable to process the relevant request. Free-text information and other fields identified as optional are voluntary.

6. How We Use and Disclose Personal Data

We do not sell personal information submitted through SCC and we do not publicly disclose information submitted through membership forms.

We may disclose limited personal data to service providers acting on our behalf where reasonably necessary to host the website, transmit or process form submissions, provide communications, maintain website security, or operate SCC services. We may also disclose information where required by applicable law.

7. Service Providers and Processing Outside Saudi Arabia

SCC may use third-party website hosting, form-processing, communications, or infrastructure providers. Depending on the provider and its infrastructure, limited personal data may be processed or stored outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Where personal data is transferred or disclosed outside the Kingdom, SCC will seek to handle the transfer in accordance with applicable requirements of the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law and its regulations, including applicable safeguards and data-minimization requirements.

8. Data Retention and Destruction

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to manage the relevant SCC relationship or request, and to meet applicable legal or operational requirements.

When personal data is no longer required, SCC will seek to delete, destroy, or anonymize it as appropriate and in accordance with applicable requirements. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of submission and its purpose.

9. Security

We take reasonable organizational and technical measures intended to protect personal data submitted through SCC against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse. However, no website, electronic transmission, or online storage system can guarantee absolute security.

10. Your Rights

Subject to the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law and its implementing regulations, you may have rights concerning your personal data, including the right to be informed about its processing, the right to access personal data held about you, the right to obtain a copy where applicable, the right to request correction or completion of inaccurate data, and the right to request destruction of personal data in circumstances provided by law.

You may exercise an applicable right by contacting info@saudiconsultingclub.com. SCC may need to verify the request before acting on it.

11. Withdrawal of Consent

Where SCC relies on your consent to process personal data, you may request to withdraw that consent by emailing info@saudiconsultingclub.com. Withdrawal does not affect processing lawfully carried out before the withdrawal and may affect SCC’s ability to provide the related activity or service.

12. Cookies and Website Analytics

SCC may use browser technologies necessary for website functionality. If SCC introduces non-essential analytics, advertising technologies, or additional cookies, this Privacy Policy and any relevant notices or consent mechanisms may be updated as appropriate.

13. External Links

The SCC website may contain links to third-party websites, organizations, or resources. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and SCC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when SCC services, website functionality, providers, or data practices change. The latest version will be published on this website with an updated revision date.

15. Contact

For privacy-related questions, requests, corrections, deletion requests, access requests, or consent withdrawal, contact:

Saudi Consulting Club (SCC)
Email: info@saudiconsultingclub.com