Awards Privacy Policy

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", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "What information do we collect? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism collects and processes personal data when there’s interaction with our platforms or when interacting with us directly or indirectly, the personal data includes, but is not limited to the following: name, position, affiliation/organization, contact information (e.g., phone number & e-mail) and any further information we may need. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "If we’re unable to collect the needed personal data, we will not be able to provide our services as it will be hard to recognize your identity, background, and preferences. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "How do we collect your personal data? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "Most of the data we collect, and process is information that you provide personally, either in your direct capacity or as an authorized representative or on behalf of individuals, and directly to the Ministry of Tourism, when: you register or apply for any of our services or products, by visiting or using our pages and websites, submitting comments and suggestions on our channels, by filling out a customer questionnaire or when filling in the nomination form or reaching out to the Ministry of Tourism, etc. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism also receives personal information indirectly from various sources, including data provided on behalf of the person, Ministry of Tourism partners, government and semi-government entities, private sector entities, and third-party service providers. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "Why do we collect your personal data? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism collects your personal data to contact nominators submitting nominations in case any further clarification on the nomination submission is required and carry out activities related to Tourise, Tourise Awards or the Tourism sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism may share your personal data with external entities, such as Ministry of Tourism partners, government and semi-government entities, private sector entities, and third-party service providers, as well as publish them across social media platforms, websites, etc. for informational, promotional, or regulatory purposes and to review, aggregate and assess nominations received for each Award category or any other purposes required. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "How do we process your personal data? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism will process the personal data collected and stored about you and others automatically by using our systems as well as manually, in order to provide you with the best services to suit your needs and interests. And the Ministry will also use data processing and decision-making tools to process your data and develop insights. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "On which legal basis do we process your personal data? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism processes your personal data in accordance with the Tourism laws and regulations, as well as the policies applied within the Ministry of Tourism, including, but not limited to, the Personal Data Protection Policy of the Ministry of Tourism, the Saudi Personal Data Protection law, as well as other national laws and regulations and relevant policies and procedures. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "How do we store your personal data? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism processes and securely stores personal data in databases located both inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Personal data is properly secured by applying standard security measures. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": " ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "Personal data is kept for the duration of its validity and once it expires, the Ministry will delete your data, except in cases where we are legally obligated to store your data or cases where conflicts occur or could occur with relevant laws, regulations, requirements and procedures. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "What are your personal data protection rights? 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", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The right to access – The user has the right to access his personal data available to the Ministry, in accordance with the relevant controls, procedures, and policies. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The right to obtain – The user has the right to obtain his personal data available at the Ministry in a readable form, in accordance with the relevant controls, procedures, and policies. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The right to correct – The user has the right to request the Ministry to correct or update his old personal data or complete it, in accordance with the relevant controls, procedures, and policies. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The right to destroy – The user has the right to request the destruction of his personal data available to the Ministry if the need for it is over and if this does not affect the Ministry’s operations or the purpose of its collection, in accordance with the relevant controls, procedures, and policies. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": " ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "What are cookies? 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", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including keeping you signed in and understanding how you use our website by collecting data and information when you interact with our website. Cookies collect information that has been provided when you log into our website, register as a new user, submit a form through, or interact and use our website. Data and information that are collected through cookies mostly include your personal information (e.g., as your name, address, email, phone number, etc.), website visit details including your URL, website clicks details, page response time, visit duration per web page, IP address, preferences, browser type and add-ons, time zone or any other information you provide us with when visiting the website. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism works closely with other partners and external entities. Therefore, the Ministry of Tourism may receive your information when you visit other websites or use other services provided by the Ministry. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "What types of cookies do we use? ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "There are several different types of cookies, however, this website may use the following: ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "Performance & Analytics Cookies — The Ministry uses these cookies to enable us to know visitors’ identities, number, and behaviour on the website. They also help us improve the way the website works, as MT is keen on ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "Functionality Cookies — The Ministry uses these cookies to identify you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences (e.g., preferred language, region, etc.), customize the right web content for you and send you special greetings. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "Advertising/Tracking Cookies — The Ministry uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, your IP address, etc. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry may share some of this data with third parties for several purposes and we may also share online data collected through cookies with our partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertisements based on your browsing patterns on our website. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "heading", "level": 2, "children": [{"text": "Changes to our privacy policy ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry of Tourism keeps its privacy policy under regular review and announces any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 29th May 2025. 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", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "The Ministry has a period of 60 business days to respond to any request you submit regarding the aforementioned rights. ", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": "", "type": "text"}]}, {"type": "paragraph", "children": [{"text": " ", "type": "text"}]}]