Law No. 2022-059 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Niger. This law repealed Law No. 2017-28, which was previously regulating data protection.

According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2022-059, IT specialists or other employees of companies who are required to provide information to or testify before the High Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (HAPDP) are exempted from the obligation of professional secrecy. Art. 87 also specifies the supervisory powers of the sworn officers of the HAPDP and provides that they have access to the places, premises, facilities and installations used for the processing of personal data. The practical arrangements are yet to be laid down by decree. The necessity of a judicial warrant is not clearly settled.

Arts. 8-11 of the Law No. 2019-03 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Service providers operating as electronic communications operators cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for any content transmitted over their network or the network to which they provide access. They are not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information they transmit or store, nor to a general obligation to seek facts or circumstances to detect unlawful activities, with the exception of possible offences defined by the law on cybercrime.

Arts. 8-11 of the Law No. 2019-03 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. Service providers operating as electronic communications operators cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for any content transmitted over their network or the network to which they provide access. They are not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information they transmit or store, nor to a general obligation to seek facts or circumstances to detect unlawful activities, with the exception of possible offences defined by the law on cybercrime.

Arts. 2 and 3 of Law 2020-331 require proof of user identity before acquiring a SIM card and before any delivery by telecommunications companies.

On the one hand, Arts. 3 and 11 of the Law No. 2019-03 state that there is no general obligation to monitor content without prejudice to any surveillance activity requested by the Nigerien judicial authorities where this is necessary to safeguard public safety, defence, security, the repression of crimes against humanity, incitement to violence and ethnic or religious hatred, as well as pornography, in particular, child pornography, terrorism and money laundering and for the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences. On the other hand, Arts. 2 and 11 of the Law state that there is an exception which applies to the Law on Cybercrime. In fact, service providers must monitor the presence of any illegal act under the Law on Cybercrime committed using a computer system. This article also defines service providers as "any public or private entity which offers users of its services to communicate by means of a computer system or any other entity that processes or stores computer data for this communication or its users".

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

Art. 1 of Law No. 2018-47 states that the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (Electronic Communications and Post Regulatory Authority, ARCEP), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process and enjoys financial and management autonomy.

According to Arts. 62 and 63 of Law No. 2022-059, transfer of personal data outside the country is subject to authorisation from the Haute Autorité de Protection des Données Personnelles (HAPDP or High Authority of Personal Data Protection). Apart from the condition of authorisation from the HAPDP, there are other conditions to be fulfilled, including that transfer can only be conducted to a country that guarantees a sufficient level of security or, if that condition is not met, that some conditions are fulfilled such as the authorisation by the owner of the data, the necessity of the transfer for health or juridical procedure, among others.

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

Niger is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

Art. 39 of Law No. 2018-40 stipulates that in the case of a foreign investment in the form of a public-private partnership, 20% of the shares must be provided by nationals.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

Niger is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Niger has a copyright regime under the Ordinance No. 2010-95. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 10-27 list the exceptions, which include free reproduction for private use, free use for teaching and scientific research, free reproduction for judicial and administrative purposes, and free use for information purposes, among others.
In addition, the Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Niger and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a regime of copyright exceptions. Nevertheless, these exceptions similarly do not conform to the fair use or fair dealing models.