Privacy Policy

PwC is strongly committed to protecting personal data. This privacy statement describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights. It applies to personal data provided to us, both by individuals themselves or by others. We may use personal data provided to us for any of the purposes described in this privacy statement or as otherwise stated at the point of collection.

“PwC” (and “we”, “us”, or “our”) refers to any PricewaterhouseCoopers member firm in the Middle East and that: (1) is a contracting party for the purposes of providing or receiving services, (2) posted a position for which you are applying, or (3) you have a role or relationship with. Each member firm in the PwC network is a separate legal entity and a separate controller for personal data. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable living person. When “you” or “your” are used in this statement, we are referring to the relevant individual who is the subject of the personal data. PwC processes personal data for numerous purposes, and the means of collection, lawful basis of processing, use, disclosure, and retention periods for each purpose may differ.

When collecting and using personal data, our policy is to be transparent about why and how we process personal data. To find out more about our specific processing activities, please go to the relevant sections of this statement.

We take the security of all the data we hold very seriously. The Network Information Security Policy Framework for the PwC network is aligned and compatible with financial services industry recognised security frameworks (e.g. ISO27002:2013) and best practices. An annual review of alignment and these processes is conducted as part of the governance procedure. We have a framework of policies, procedures and training in place covering data protection, confidentiality and security and regularly review the appropriateness of the measures we have in place to keep the data that we hold secure.

PwC will collect personal data in connection with the application as described below.

To support the validation and compliance of supplier invoices with KSA VAT and ZATCA e-invoicing regulations, PwC will process invoice data that may include personal data such as supplier and buyer names, Tax Registration Numbers (TRNs), addresses, invoice identifiers, and related transactional details. All data handling is designed to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations.

Personal data relating to business contacts may be used for the following purposes:

Invoice Classification and Compliance Verification

To determine the nature of the invoice, and verify that it meets the mandated fields required under KSA VAT and ZATCA e-invoicing regulations. This includes the use of supplier TRNs, names, and addresses.

Data Extraction and Validation

To accurately extract invoice header and line-item data, potentially including business contact information, from invoices. The data is then validated for completeness and correctness per legal requirements.

Compliance Reporting and Issue Flagging

To generate reports and error logs highlighting invoices that fail compliance checks, potentially including supplier names and TRNs.

We will only share personal data with others when we are legally permitted to do so. When we share data with others, we put contractual arrangements and security mechanisms in place as appropriate to protect the data and to comply with our data protection, confidentiality, and security standards.

We are part of a global network of firms and in common with other professional service providers, we use third parties located in other countries to help us run our business. As a result, personal data may be transferred outside the countries where we and our clients are located. This includes countries that do not have laws that provide specific protection for personal data. We have taken steps to ensure all personal data is provided with adequate protection and that all transfers of personal data outside a specific jurisdiction are done lawfully. Where we transfer personal data outside a jurisdiction to a country not determined as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data, the transfers will be under an agreement which covers the relevant data protection requirements for the transfer of personal data outside the jurisdiction.

Personal data held by us may be transferred to:

Other PwC member firms

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We may share personal data with other PwC member firms where necessary for administrative purposes and to provide professional services to our clients (e.g. when providing services involving advice from PwC member firms in different territories).

We store personal data on our or other PwC member firm servers around the world such as the EU, Singapore and the USA. IT support and services are provided by PwC member firms in different territories.

Further details about other processors (such as IT service providers) used by PwC and locations of processing are captured on the ME Firm’s privacy statement.

Where the locations of processing are outside of a jurisdiction that imposes restrictions over transferring personal data (such as EEA, UK, DIFC, ADGM, Bahrain, Oman, KSA, Qatar and QFC), we have the approved standard contractual clauses in place to provide appropriate safeguards for personal data transferred outside to jurisdictions that do not provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.

Auditors, insurers and professional advisers

We may share personal data with our auditors and professional advisors such as lawyers.

Law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies or to other third parties as required by, and in accordance with, applicable law or regulation

Occasionally, we may receive requests from third parties with authority to obtain disclosure of personal data, such as to check that we are complying with applicable law and regulation, to investigate an alleged crime, to establish, exercise or defend legal rights. We will only fulfil requests for personal data where we are permitted to do so in accordance with applicable law or regulation.

We will retain your personal data for as long as is considered necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was collected (including as required by applicable law or regulation). Our baseline retention period is 6 years after the invoice was ingested.

Personal data may be held for longer periods where extended retention periods are required by law or regulation and in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.

We recognise that transparency is an ongoing responsibility so we will keep this privacy statement under regular review. This privacy statement was last updated on 28th May 2026.

We are generally controllers for the personal data we process. If you have any questions about this privacy statement or how and why we process personal data, please contact us at: mer_me_data_protection_management@pwc.com

Some local laws and regulations in the ME grant Individuals certain rights over their personal data and controllers are responsible for fulfilling these rights.

Individuals’ rights may include the right of access to personal data, to rectification of personal data, to erasure of personal data / right to be forgotten, to restrict processing of personal data, to object to processing of personal data, to data portability, the right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent) and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.