PDPL Certification and Accreditation Bodies

Presenters

Basmah Alsubaie

CEO, Privacy Professionals

Session overview

This session will explain SDAIA's 2026 framework for accreditation certificates, under which licensed third parties assess controllers and processors and certify PDPL compliance. It will cover who can issue certificates, what an assessment examines, what accreditation does and does not prove, when pursuing it makes commercial sense, and how to prepare.