Joomla! Community Saudi Arabia (“Joomla! KSA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal data when you visit or use our website, register for an account, participate in community activities, subscribe to communications, or contact us.
We handle personal data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and its implementing regulations.
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:
- Contact information, including your name, email address, and details submitted through contact forms.
- Account information, including your username, email address, and profile details when you register or log in.
- Community contributions, including comments, articles, forum posts, event registrations, and other content you choose to submit.
- Communication preferences, including newsletter subscriptions and your preferences for receiving updates.
- Technical information, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and access times, which may be collected through server logs, cookies, or similar technologies.
We aim to collect only the personal data necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Please avoid publishing sensitive personal data in public comments, profiles, or other community areas.
We may use personal data to:
- Operate, maintain, and secure our website.
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Respond to inquiries and support requests.
- Publish and manage community contributions.
- Organize events, meetings, and community activities.
- Send newsletters and community announcements where permitted by law.
- Monitor website performance and improve the user experience.
- Detect, investigate, and prevent spam, abuse, unauthorized access, and other security issues.
- Fulfil applicable legal obligations and protect our rights.
We process personal data for specified and lawful purposes and on an appropriate legal basis under applicable law.
Information you choose to publish in public areas of our website, such as comments, posts, or public profile details, may be visible to other visitors. Other users may copy, share, or reproduce publicly available information.
Please consider carefully what you publish. If you wish to request the correction or removal of content containing your personal data, you may contact us. We will assess the request in accordance with applicable law and any relevant legal or community requirements.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential functionality, maintain login sessions, remember preferences, improve performance, and understand website usage.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect login or other website features. Where applicable law requires consent or other measures for particular cookies or tracking technologies, we will follow those requirements.
The cookies and technologies used depend on the website features and third-party services enabled.
We may share personal data with authorized personnel and service providers who help us operate, host, maintain, secure, or support our website and community activities.
We may also disclose personal data to competent authorities where required by law or where otherwise permitted under applicable regulations.
We take appropriate measures to protect personal data shared with service providers. We do not sell personal data as part of our ordinary website operations.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, Joomla-related resources, social media platforms, event services, or other external services.
Independent third parties may collect and process personal data under their own privacy policies and terms. We do not control their privacy practices, so we encourage you to review their policies before submitting personal data through their services.
We take reasonable organizational and technical measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable law. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, account activity, community records, and legal obligations.
When personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete, destroy, or anonymize it as appropriate and permitted by law.
If personal data is transferred or disclosed to recipients outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we will handle the transfer in accordance with the PDPL and applicable regulations governing transfers of personal data outside the Kingdom, including any required conditions and safeguards.
Subject to applicable Saudi law and its exceptions, you may have the right to:
- Be informed about the collection and processing of your personal data.
- Access your personal data and request a copy, subject to applicable requirements.
- Request correction, completion, or updating of inaccurate personal data.
- Request destruction of personal data when the applicable conditions are met.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, subject to applicable legal limitations.
To exercise your rights or raise a privacy concern, contact the website operator using the contact details published on our website. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
Where personal data relating to children is collected, we will handle it in accordance with applicable Saudi laws and regulations, including any requirements concerning parental or legal guardian consent or authorization.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our website, community activities, data-processing practices, or legal obligations. Updates will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Where required by law, we will provide appropriate notice or obtain any necessary consent.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your applicable privacy rights, please contact Joomla! Community Saudi Arabia through the contact details published on our website:
Website: https://www.joomlaksa.org/