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

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

According to Art. 8 of Decree No. 2015/1875 / PM, ICT goods are among the goods which are subject to the Pre-Shipment Conformity Assessment Program for goods imported into the Republic of Cameroon (PECAE). This program involves some of the following activities: auditing, surveillance, inspection, analysis, testing and certification (Art. 4.1). Testing must be performed in one of the following types of labouratories:
- Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) labouratories;
- Third-party ISO/IEC 17025 accredited labouratory;
- Supplier labouratory, provided that the test results are detailed as per the corresponding standard, that the labouratory holds a recognised quality certification system and that the list of the equipment with the corresponding calibration records is supplied to demonstrate labouratory capabilities for testing.

Cameroon has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.

Law No. 2024/017 establishes a comprehensive framework for data protection in Cameroon, covering the principles and formalities of personal data processing, the responsibilities of controllers and processors, file interconnection, data subject rights, and sanctions for non-compliance. It also regulates the collection and transfer of personal data. Prior to its enactment, privacy and data protection were governed by dispersed provisions across various legal instruments. Among these, Law No. 2010/012 of 21 December 2010 on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime is particularly notable for its provisions on privacy, data retention, and the confidentiality of electronic communications.

According to Art. 25, Section I of Law No. 2010/012, network operators and providers of electronic communications services are obligated to keep connection and traffic data for ten years. This is despite the sub-regional legislation of CEMAC, to which Cameroon belongs, providing for a maximum period of two years during which the States can allow operators to keep traffic data for security reasons.

Section 33 of Law No. 2024/017 establishes that the conduct of a prior data protection impact assessment is a legal obligation where processing activities are likely to entail a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals.

Cameroon has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Art. 34.2 of Law No. 2010/012 stipulates that intermediaries (defined as anyone who, even free of charge, stores signals, writings, images, sounds or messages of any kind provided by the recipients of these services) are not liable in the following cases:
- They were not effectively aware of their unlawful nature or of facts and circumstances showing this nature;
- If they learned of the facts, they acted promptly to remove this data or make it impossible to access it.

Cameroon has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. Art. 34.2 of Law No. 2010/012 stipulates that intermediaries (defined as anyone who, even free of charge, stores signals, writings, images, sounds or messages of any kind provided by the recipients of these services) are not liable in the following cases:
- They were not effectively aware of their unlawful nature or of facts and circumstances showing this nature;
- If they learned of the facts, they acted promptly to remove this data or make it impossible to access it.

According to Art. 55 of Law No. 2010/013, operators of electronic communications networks open to the public, as well as service providers, are required at the time of any subscription to proceed to register the identification of subscribers and terminals.

The indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Cameroon for the year 2024. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2006/018, foreign operators wishing to carry out any advertising activity in the territory of Cameroon must conclude an agreement of representation to this effect with a Cameroonian operator duly approved for the advertising profession concerned. This also applies to online advertising.

According to Section 58 of Law No. 2010/013, an authorisation is required for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services. The requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions which are integrated into application software used by users.

According to Section 58 of Law No. 2010/013, an authorisation is required for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services. The requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions integrated into application software users use.

The incumbent telecom provider, CAMTEL, is a fully state-owned enterprise.