It is reported that the Government of Seychelles owns 40.6% shareholding of Seychelles Cable Systems Company Limited (SCS). SCS is a private-public partnership made up of the Seychelles Government, Cable & Wireless (33.4%) and Airtel (26%) that was set up to act as a promoter of the Seychelles East Africa Submarine (SEAS) cable project.

It is reported that Seychelles does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there is an obligation of accounting separation.

Seychelles has appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Seychelles has a telecommunications authority: Seychelles Department of Information Communication Technology (DICT). However, it is reported that the DICT's decision-making process, operating under the President's Office, is only partially independent of the government. The DICT is responsible for developing and implementing legislation, regulations, and policies related to telecommunications and associated services.

According to Section 56.1 of the Financial Leasing Act, every financial leasing institution shall maintain in the Seychelles for a period of at least seven years certain records, including customer identification records, during and after termination of the customer relationship; transaction records showing, for each customer, at least on a daily basis, particulars of its transactions with or for the account of that customer, and the balance owing to or by that customer. According to Section 56.2, every record shall be kept in written form or digital format, and it shall be the duty of the financial leasing institution to ensure that adequate data recovery systems and procedures are in place.

Section 47 of the Data Protection Act of Seychelles establishes that personal data may only be transferred outside the country if the recipient jurisdiction ensures a level of protection for data subjects' rights and freedoms that is comparable to domestic standards. Specifically, the processing of special category data belonging to Seychellois citizens is permitted only when a designated data controller is accountable within Seychelles, the transfer occurs within intra-group schemes with headquarters abroad, data subjects are informed of the processing location and relevant details, and the transfer is necessary to protect vital interests. In addition, the Commission may authorise personal data transfers if they are part of a cross-border privacy rules system that enforces legal standards against data controllers and processors, and requires the implementation of proportionate, risk-based security measures. However, the Commission retains the authority to prohibit transfers where necessary in the public interest.

Seychelles is not participating in trade or regional agreements committed to open transfer or cross-border data flows.

The Data Protection Act provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Seychelles.

Seychelles is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). However, the country does not consider itself bound by Art. 59 related to disputes.

Seychelles has a clear regime of copyright exceptions that follows the fair dealing model, which enables the lawful use of copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission. According to Sections 9-17 of the Copyright Act, the exceptions include the right to reproduce a work for personal use and purposes privately; the quotation from a work that has lawfully been made available to the public; the reproduction, broadcasting and other communication to the public for informatory purposes; the reproduction in a single copy or the adaptation of a computer programme by the lawful owner of a copy of that computer programme among others.

Seychelles has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Seychelles has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Seychelles does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. The Industrial Property Act provides a definition under Section 106 stating that information shall be considered "undisclosed information" if:
- it is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question;
- it has commercial value because it is secret; and
- its legitimate holder has taken reasonable steps, under the circumstances, to keep it secret.