Terms of use

The Saudi Building Code National Committee website in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinafter referred to as the Committee website or the “website”) is available for personal use, and access of this website is subject to the privacy policy and terms of use and the applicable regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Also, access and entry to the website is an unconditional acceptance of the terms of use, whether the user is registered or not, and this consent is effective from the date of the first use. The website includes several policies and terms of use that are subject to continuous updates and changes as needed, and any modification or update becomes effective immediately upon approval by the website administration; this requires you to constantly review for any updates. Your continued use of this website means that you are fully aware of and accept any modification to the terms of use. Note that these terms include proprietary rights, and the Saudi Building Code National Committee website is not required to announce any updates to these terms.

• First: restrictions on use

By using the Saudi Building Code National Committee website, you agree to refrain from the following:

1.1 Engaging in promoting or encouraging activities in violation of any of the laws, agreements or published policies issued by the National Committee.

1.2 Unauthorized access or search for vulnerabilities of any Service or system, including, but not limited to, breaches, vulnerability scans, penetration testing, or disabling, interfering with or circumventing any aspect of the Service; or violate any security or authentication measures used by the system or service.

1.3 Using this website in any way to send any commercial or unsolicited email or any such misuse of the Committee’s website.

1.4 Publishing, advertising, distributing, circulating materials or information containing defamation, violating laws, pornographic, obscene, violating Islamic teachings or public morals, or any illegal materials or information on the Committee's website.

1.5 Announcing -on the Saudi Building Code National Committee website- any product or service that violates the applicable system in any field.

1.6 Using any means, software, or procedure to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper operation of the website or to impose an unreasonable, excessive, or disproportionately large load on the Committee’s website.

1.7 Providing or uploading files that contain software, materials, data, or other information that you do not own or for which you do not have a license, or uploading files on the website that contain viruses or corrupted data.

• Second: Intellectual property rights

All rights, including copyright and database rights, in the website and its contents are owned by the Saudi Building Code National Committee, and the user/visitor acknowledges and agrees that all content and materials available on this website are subject to protection by laws governing copyright, trademarks, service marks, and patents Invention, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights. Except as expressly permitted by the Saudi Building Code National Committee website, the user agrees not to sell, rent, copy, broadcast, display, perform, publish, modify, edit or create any works derived from such materials or contents. Notwithstanding the above conditions, the user may print or download one copy of the materials or contents on this website, on any personal computer for his personal or non-commercial use, provided that he maintains all copyright and other proprietary rights unchanged and no retrieval is prohibited data or any other content in an organized manner from this website to create or compile a collection, database or directory without the written permission of the Committee's website. In addition, it is prohibited to use the contents or materials on this website for any purpose that is not expressly permitted in these Terms of Use.

• Third: Safe use of the portal and website services

• 3.1 Availability of the Website

The Saudi Building Code National Committee exerts its efforts to ensure that the website operates efficiently and stably. The Committee does not bear any responsibility, and will not be subject to any claims or issues if the website is not available due to technical problems beyond its control. The Saudi Building Code National Committee website is not under any circumstances liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exceptional damages arising from the use or inability to use this website. This clause applies to whether the alleged liability is in contract, tort, negligent or any form of legal liability.

• 3.2 Links to other websites

The website may contain links related to other websites on the network. Accordingly, the National Committee disclaims responsibility for the contents of these websites and the risks of browsing through any link available on the Saudi Building Code National Committee website, and it is within the user’s responsibility.

• 3.3 Links to and from the Committee’s website

3.3.1 Using links to the Committee’s website; Except for what is stated below, it is prohibited to move or copy any of the contents of the Saudi Building Code National Committee website, or to create any links thereof, or to display any of them in a frame.

3.3.2 Links to the Committee’s portal may be placed on any other websites that do not conflict in its objectives and general orientation with the goals, policies and frameworks of the Committee’s portal.

3.3.3 The Saudi National Committee for the Saudi Building Code is in no way involved or associated in any way with any trademarks, logos, or commercial or service symbols appearing on websites linked to the Saudi Building Code National Committee website or any of its contents.

3.3.4 The Saudi Building Code National Committee reserves its full rights to stop and impede any link in any way from any website that contains inappropriate, obscene, infringing, pornographic, indecent, unacceptable or illegal topics, names or materials or information that violates any regulations or infringes any intellectual property rights.

3.3.5 The Saudi Building Code National Committee reserves the right to disable any unauthorized link and does not bear any responsibility for the contents available on any other website that can be accessed through this portal or from this portal.

3.3.6 Connection links to other portals and/or websites are provided for convenience to the visitor, and we are not responsible for the contents or credibility of the portals and/or websites to which we link and do not endorse their contents, and therefore the use of any of these links to access those websites or the portals will be entirely at your responsibility . As we aim to replace the broken links - which do not work - with other websites, and since we do not have control over these links; We do not guarantee in any way that these links will work permanently.

• Fourth: Disclaimer

The Saudi Building Code National Committee shall not be liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exceptional damages arising from the use or inability to use this website. This clause applies to whether the alleged liability is in contract, tort, negligent or any other form of legal liability.

• Fifth: Termination of use

The Committee may, at its absolute discretion, terminate, limit or suspend your right to access and use the website without notice and for any reason, including violation of the Terms of Use or any other conduct that it may consider in its sole discretion illegal or harmful to others, and in the event of termination, it will not be authorized you have access to this website.

• Sixth: Judicial reference

The laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia alone shall be applicable in all matters relating to disputes that may arise as a result of the use of this website, and you hereby agree to submit exclusively to the judicial authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to all claims and disputes arising out of your use of this website.

Without prejudice to the international responsibility, the visitor/user bears all responsibilities in the event of any dispute or claim arising due to a violation of the policies and terms of use or misuse of the website or any of its contents, in accordance with the international agreements.

The Arabic language will be the official language used to resolve any disputes arising from your use of the website or any of its contents. Without prejudice to the English language to resolve international disputes and claims.

• Seventh: Related Legislations and Policies:

According to the national data governance policies announced by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA):

https://sdaia.gov.sa/ndmo/Files/Policiesen.pdf

In the event of any inquiries or opinions about the terms of use and the privacy policy, you can contact the website administration via the following e-mail: support@sbc.gov.sa