Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 November 2026
We collect the least data we need to send you the newsletter and answer your request. We never sell your data, and we never share it with sponsors or advertisers. This page explains what we collect, why, where it is stored, how long we keep it, and how you control it, in line with Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law.
What we collect
When you join the newsletter or the waitlist: your email address, the newsletters you chose, the site language you signed up from, the time, and your approximate country as detected by our hosting provider from your connection. We don't store your IP address.
When you send a form (add a company, update a profile, partnership, sponsorship): your name, email, company name, website or LinkedIn link, the stage and announced funding or budget if you entered them, your message, and the time.
When you browse the site: we count visits without cookies and without storing IP addresses: the page you visited, the site you came from, and your device and browser type. We never link this to your email or name. Our hosting provider also keeps short-lived technical logs to protect the site from attacks.
YouTube videos: the YouTube player only loads when you press play. After that, YouTube's own privacy policy applies.
Why we collect it
- To send you the newsletter you chose, or to tell you when membership opens.
- To review and answer your request, and to check facts before we publish any profile.
- To understand which pages help visitors so we can improve the content.
We rely on the consent you give when you sign up or send a form, and you can withdraw it at any time.
Where it is stored
- Cloudflare: hosts the site and stores sign-ups and requests in a database (Workers KV) on its global network.
- Resend: sends the newsletter and keeps the subscriber list. Its servers are in the United States.
- PostHog: counts visits anonymously. Its servers are in the European Union.
Some of these services are outside Saudi Arabia. We use them because they follow recognised data-protection standards. We don't give your data to anyone else unless a law or a competent authority requires it.
How long we keep it
- Subscriptions: for as long as you stay subscribed. When you unsubscribe, we delete your data from our database right away. Our email provider keeps your address marked "unsubscribed" only, so we never email you again.
- Requests: up to 24 months after our last contact, then deleted. You can ask us to delete them sooner.
- Backups: one weekly copy, kept no longer than 90 days.
- Visit statistics: anonymous, and deleted after 12 months.
Your rights
- Know what we hold about you, and ask for a copy.
- Correct anything that is wrong.
- Ask us to delete your data.
- Withdraw consent and unsubscribe in one click from the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every email.
Write to hello@saudifounders.co and we'll reply within 30 days. If you're not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA).
Information in the directories
Company, founder and investor profiles contain only professional information that was already published, with sources. We don't publish personal photos or contact numbers of individuals. To correct or remove a profile, send a request here.
Changes to this page
If we change anything important, we update the date at the top of this page and tell newsletter subscribers.