Under the PDPL, NBB has the obligation to collect your consent to document the ways we communicate with each other.  To that effect, NBB is using its ATM network to collect your consent in a more efficient “green” way that allows us to register your consent electronically.  This is part of our commitment to digitize our services.    

With your consent NBB will continue communicating with you via SMS to provide you with relevant information about NBB products and services.

The Personal Data Protection Law (the “PDPL”) is a new data privacy law introduced in Bahrain to provide individuals with new rights and greater control over the data organisations hold on you. The PDPL came into force on 1 August 2019.

The PDPL is a really positive step towards you having more control over how your data is used and how NBB and you communicate with each other. The changes will also help to better protect your personal data.

The new PDPL makes sure that all organisations are set up to protect any personal data they hold, and to have systems and internal controls in place to protect it.

It's your right to control how we use your personal information.  The new PDPL supports your right to have your privacy respected and your data protected.  It gives you easier access to the personal information organisations hold about you, if you wish to check or update it.