Saudi Arabia bans cameras in medical examination facilities, changing rooms, women’s clubs

Saudi Arabia bans cameras in medical examination facilities, changing rooms, women’s clubs

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has banned the installation of security surveillance cameras in facilities and rooms for medical examination, in-patient rooms, physiotherapy facilities, rooms for changing clothes, as well as toilets, salons and women’s clubs, local media reported. According to Okaz newspaper, the manufacturing, importing, selling, installing, operating and maintaining of security surveillance cameras will not be allowed without obtaining the required approvals beforehand. The provisions of the new law shall be applicable to ministries, public authorities and institutions, oil and petrochemical facilities, power generation and water desalination facilities, air tourism facilities, commercial complexes and shopping centres, in addition to financial institutions, banks, money transfer centres and residential buildings, including complexes in residential buildings. The provisions of the new law will also be applicable to the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, the Holy Sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, mosques, clubs, sports facilities and stadiums, public and private cultural facilities, youth centers, as well as public and private recreational facilities, and public and private health facilities. Other entities covered by the law include medical cities, hospitals and clinics, commercial warehouses as well as on main roads and their intersections within cities, highways that connect cities and governorates,