Mauritius is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996 and its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Mauritania has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Type approval procedures in Mauritania are regulated by the Autorité de Régulation (ARE). It is reported that the conformity requirements are similar to those of the European Union. The homologation process in Mauritania does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 25, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Mauritania does not have a legal framework that applies consumer protection to online transactions. Law No. 2020-007 on consumer protection does not frame the protection of consumers for goods and services online.

Mauritania has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Mauritania has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

The government of Mauritania holds substantial equity interests in two major telecommunications companies. Mauritel, which provides mobile telephony, internet, and business communication services, is reported to have 46% of its shares owned by the government. Similarly, Chinguitel, which offers both mobile and fixed telecommunications services, is also reported to have some level of government ownership. Nonetheless, the precise details of this ownership remain unverified due to the absence of official documentation.

A dominant operator in the telecommunication market in Mauritania is required to have both accounting and functional separation. Art. 73 of the Telecommunication Law states that the dominant operator and its subsidiaries have to practice financial and operational separation.

Mauritania has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Regulation Authority, the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Law No. 2017-020 provides that the controller may transfer personal data to a third country only if that country ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 20). The Personal Data Protection Authority shall publish and maintain a list of states that it considers to provide an adequate level of protection (Art. 21). If the country is not included in the list of adequate countries, the controller must first inform the Authority. Moreover, Art. 24 specifies that the data controller may transfer personal data to a third country that does not meet the requirements of Art. 21 if the transfer is one-off, not massive, and the person to whom the data relates has expressly consented to its transfer, or if the transfer is necessary for any of the following purposes:
- to safeguard the life of that person.
- to protect the public interest.
- to comply with obligations to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.
- the performance of a contract between the controller and the data subject.
Lastly, the Authority may authorise, on the basis of a duly motivated request, a transfer or a set of transfers of data to a third country that does not ensure an adequate level of protection when the data controller offers sufficient guarantees with regard to the provisions of this law, including through contractual clauses (Art. 25).

Mauritania has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.

Law No. 2017-020 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Mauritania.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Mauritania's law and jurisprudence.