Terms and Conditions

INTRODUCTION

Diriyah Gate Development Authority (“DGDA”) is a Saudi government entity established by virtue of Royal Decree No. (A\295) dated 26/10/1438H. Please read these Terms and Conditions ("Terms") carefully before accessing and using the / dgda.gov.sa / website ("Website") owned and operated by DGDA ("us", "we" or "our"). Your access to and use of the Website is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms which govern DGDA’s relationship with you in relation to this Website. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, then you must not use the Website. These Terms and DGDA’s privacy policy are an integral part thereof to be read and interpreted with it.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We own and/or control all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this Website. This includes but is not limited to all rights in the copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents and any other intellectual property rights (recognized by the applicable law), whether registered and/or unregistered, now and in the future. These rights, which belong to DGDA and/or third, pertains to everything in and on the Website in accordance with the applicable intellectual property laws of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  All such rights are reserved.

1. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right or license whatsoever, now or in the future, to use any of our trademarks, design rights or copyrights, or patents, owned or controlled by us or any other third party, except as expressly provided in these Terms. You must not republish material from this Website (including republication on another website); sell, rent or sub-license material from the Website.

   • Display any material from the Website in public without explicit permission; and

2. Reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this Website for a commercial purpose.

   • Edit, modify, or otherwise create derivative works based on any material on the Website without our prior consent.

   • Redistribute material from this Website, except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution.

Any unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights will be pursued to the fullest extent permitted under the applicable intellectual property laws of Saudi Arabia.

THE CONTENT

The provided clause is generally comprehensive and aligns with common IP protection practices. Under Saudi Arabian IP laws, which encompass copyrights, trademarks and patent laws, this clause should effectively protect the content on the website. However, it is important to ensure that the language clearly communicates the restrictions, and the scope of the license granted by users as Saudi Arabian IP laws emphasize clear consent and proper rights management.

In these Terms “Content” means all material contained on this Website, including but not limited to, text, images, photographs, audio material, video material and audio-visual material, graphics, artworks, computer codes(including source codes and object codes), software, applications, databases, trademarks, visual interface, user interface, logos, devices, designs, documentation, metadata, algorithms, data compilations, and any other form of intellectual property or proprietary information, including any material submitted to, stored on, or transmitted through the Website for any purpose, as recognized by the applicable IP laws of Saudi Arabia.

Unless explicitly stated in these Terms, no part of the Content may be republished, publicly displayed, copied, posted, uploaded, transmitted, translated, encoded, distributed, stored, adopted, in any way or by any means, including but not mirroring, without DGDA’s express prior written consent.  This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the commercial use, modification, or creation of any kind of derivative works based on the Content. Any unauthorized use of the Content may result in legal action under applicable IP laws of Saudi Arabia.

DGDA reserves the right to review, edit or remove any Content submitted by you to this Website, stored on DGDA servers, or hosted or published on this Website, at its sole discretion and without prior notice. This includes the right to modify, delete, or refuse to display any content that, in DGDA’s judgment, violates these Terms, infringes upon any intellectual property rights owned or registered by third parties, breaches confidentiality, if illegal, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate. By submitting Content, you agree that DGDA is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from the removal or editing of your content.

By submitting content to this Website, you confirm that you own whatsoever rights to the content, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and exploit any Content submitted by you in connection with the operation of the Websites and DGDA’s business. This license includes the right to sub-license these rights to third parties for the purpose of promoting, distributing, or otherwise utilizing the content. You warrant that you have all necessary rights to grant this license and that the content does not infringe on any third party's intellectual property rights, is not confidential or proprietary information, and complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the intellectual property laws of Saudi Arabia.

We welcome relevant and respectful comments but are not responsible for and do not endorse comments posted on this Website. You accept all risks associated with the use of any messages, information or content posted by you on this Website, including any reliance on their accuracy, completeness, or usefulness.  We are not liable for any errors or omissions in this Website, or for any losses or damages incurred as a result of this Website.   We reserve the right, but do not have any obligation, to review and moderate comments. We may delete, move, or edit messages that we, in our sole discretion, deem abusive, defamatory, profane, obscene, in violation of applicable copyright or trademark laws, in violation of any applicable law, in violation of these Terms or DGDA’s privacy policy, or are otherwise deemed by us to be unacceptable. By providing relevant, respectful comments, you grant us the right to edit your comments and to republish them without compensation to you or any other person. You warrant that you have the right to provide the information and that all moral rights in the uploaded materials are respected Since you intend for your comments to be public, you understand that you have no expectation of privacy in those comments. If you decide to provide a comment, there can be a time lag and your comment might not be posted at all, especially if it violates these Terms or applicable law, or if it is repetitive of other comments received. We retain comments for three (3) years.

PROHIBITED ACTIONS 

You agree not to:  (a) access or use the Website by means of any automated program, expert system, electronic agent or “bot,” nor give any person or entity access to the Website by such means; (b) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, reduce the Website to human perceivable form or create derivative works based upon the Website or any part thereof; (c) disable any licensing or control features of the Website; (d) “frame” the Website or any portion thereof or otherwise cause the Website or its contents to appear to be provided by anyone except DGDA; (e) introduce into the Website any virus or other code or routine intended to disrupt or damage the Website (as further described below), or alter, damage or delete any Content, or retrieve or record information about the Website or its users; (f) merge the Website or Content with another program or create derivative works based on the Website or Content; (g) remove, obscure, or alter any notice of the copyright or other proprietary legends on the Website or Content; (h) scrape, copy, republish, license, or sell the data or information on the Website if you do so for commercial purposes; (i) sublicense, assign, translate, rent, lease, lend, resell for profit, distribute or otherwise assign or transfer the Content or access to the Website to others; (j) use, or allow the use of, the Website or the Content in contravention of any federal, state, local, foreign or other applicable law, or rules or regulations of regulatory or administrative organizations; or (k) otherwise act in a fraudulent, illegal, malicious or negligent manner when using the Website.  Except as expressly provided herein, DGDA and the third parties reserve all rights with respect to the Website and may pursue all remedies available to them under both civil and criminal laws (and may cooperate with law enforcement agencies) in the event of any violations of these Terms.

TERMINATION

WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE, OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR BE UNINTERRUPTED.  We may terminate or suspend access to all or any part of the Website immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reasons whatsoever, including without limitation your breach of the Terms. All provisions of the Terms by their nature shall survive termination, including without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitation of liability.

NO WARRANTIES

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND DGDA MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, RELATED TO THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. In such circumstances, the above may not apply to you. These warranties are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, we do not warrant that:

1. This website will be constantly available, or available at all; or

2. The information on this Website is complete, true, accurate, up to date or non-misleading.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the extent that you are acting as a consumer and only to the extent required by applicable consumer law, please note that we only provide the Website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial or business purposes. WE EXCLUDE ALL IMPLIED CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO OUR WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON IT. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR WEBSITE OR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages. In such jurisdictions, DGDA’s liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE WAIVING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS THAT ARE AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN OR UNSUSPECTED.

IN NO EVENT SHALL DGDA OR ANY OF ITS STAFF OR REPRESENTATIVES, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT.

DGDA does not exclude or limit in any way its liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

INDEMNIFICATION

To the extent permissible under law, you hereby agree to indemnify to the fullest DGDA from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising out of or in any way related to your breach of any provisions of the Terms.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

From time to time this Website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s). Each website should be checked for its own terms and conditions of use and privacy statement advising you of its use of your personal information. DGDA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked websites that are not administered by or on behalf of DGDA

LINKING TO THE WEBSITE

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to the Website in any website that is not owned by you.
The Website must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of the Website other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

VIRUSES

WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE SECURE OR FREE FROM BUGS OR VIRUSES.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms is, or is found to be, unenforceable under any applicable law, that will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms, or the enforcement of the Terms as a whole.

VARIATION OF THE TERMS

DGDA shall have the right to revise these Terms at any time and as it may deem it appropriate. By using the Website, you are expected to review the Terms on a regular basis to ensure that you understand all the terms and conditions governing the use of the Website.  These Terms were most recently updated on [GA1] Any changes will be effective only after the effective date of the change and will not affect any dispute arising prior to the effective date of the change.

ASSIGNMENT

DGDA shall have the right to assign, transfer or sub-contract its rights and obligations stipulated under these Terms without any notification or consent required. You may not assign, transfer or sub-contract any of your rights or obligations stipulated under the Terms. Right to Amend and Updates.

DGDA reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time, by updating this page and recommends visitors check for updates regularly.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms including DGDA’s Privacy Policy, and any disclaimer contained on this Website, constitute the entire agreement between you and DGDA in relation to your use of this Website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this Website.

NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN EVERY JURISDICTION

DGDA is not authorized to do business in every jurisdiction.  Information published on this Website may contain references or cross-references to goods or services that are not available in your jurisdiction.

APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Contact Us
For further information or inquiries about these Terms, please contact:
The Diriyah Gate Development Authority
Address: 8500 Prince Sattam Ibn Abdulaziz St. - Al Shohda Dist. AD DIR'IYAH-Riyadh 12572 – 4000, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
92 000 26 22
[email protected]