President of Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi said in a statement that the law would help accelerate the process of digital transformation and create an information-based society.
The Saudi Cabinet has approved the Personal Data Protection Law that aims to reinforce respect for individuals' privacy and contribute to the creation of a data-based digital economy.
Weiterlesen: Saudi Arabia approves law to protect personal data
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Digital Transformation Unit to develop exploratory projects and empower emerging technologies.
The deal seeks to build beneficial ties between the two institutions as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Emerging technologies covered under the agreement include 5G technology, drones, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, robotics and more.
Digital transformation will play a key role in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, a G20 meeting of research ministers in Italy has said.
Saudi Minister of Education Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh, who attended the Friday meeting, stressed the importance of analyzing and evaluating the impact of rapid digital transformation and technologies on education and society as a whole.
Weiterlesen: SA: Digital transformation to play key role in post-pandemic world, G20 ministers say
Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh underlined the importance of analyzing and evaluating the impact of the accelerated digital transformation and technologies on education and society as a whole.
He pointed out that the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a deep and direct shadow on the world at the social and economic levels,” which will accelerate the digital transformation of societies.
This will require a need to test the flexibility of educational systems and their resilience and recovery and adopt new and innovative educational methods, Al-Sheikh said.
Weiterlesen: SA: COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, says Al-Sheikh
Government organizations in charge of innovation will need help to keep up with the pace of economic digital transformation, a Saudi minister said on Thursday.
Speaking at the G20 Digital Economy Ministers’ Meeting 2021 in Trieste, Italy, Abdullah Al-Sawaha said “bridging the digital gap globally is the way to achieve the prosperity of societies.”
Weiterlesen: Saudi minister says maintaining pace of digital transformation key to human prosperity