The Dominican Republic has not acceded to any agreement with binding commitments to open data transfers across borders. However, Art. 13.2 of DR-CAFTA provides that "Each Party shall ensure that enterprises of another Party may use public telecommunications services for the movement of information in its territory or across its borders and for access to information contained in databases or otherwise stored in machine-readable form in the territory of any Party". Notwithstanding the foregoing, "a Party may take such measures as are necessary to: (a) ensure the security and confidentiality of messages; or (b) protect the privacy of non-public personal data of subscribers to public telecommunications services, subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or disguised restriction on trade in services".

Personal Data Protection Law No. 172-13 provides a comprehensive framework for data protection.

Art. 26.2 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Chapter XV of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) of 2007 between the United States of America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua devotes its Art. 27 to the limitations of liability of intermediaries for copyright infringement in the digital environment. This is applicable in the country by mandate of Art. 26.2 of the Constitution of the Republic, which establishes that the rules in force of ratified international conventions shall govern internally. However, it is reported that, in practice, there have been cases in 2013 in which the courts have considered companies liable not only for violating copyright but also for the mere fact of hosting the website where the infringement takes place and, therefore, encouraging the infringement through its economic sponsorship.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in the Dominican Republic's law and jurisprudence.

It is reported that the Dominican Republic imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card or a passport in case of foreigners to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The Dominican Republic has a copyright regime under the law No. 65-00. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 30-44 list the exceptions, which include the reproduction of: news that have the character of mere press information; speeches made in deliberative assemblies or public meetings, works for educational or scientific purposes, among others.

It is reported that copyright is not adequately enforced online in the Dominican Republic. There are concerns about online and signal piracy, including the lack of intellectual property prosecutions by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office against High Technology Crimes and offences.

The Dominican Republic has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

The Dominican Republic has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

The Dominican Republic is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996, but is not a signatory of its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Art. 16 of Law No. 340-06 provides that public tenders may be international in the following cases:
- When the purchase or contracting is covered by a treaty or agreement in force between the Dominican Republic and another State or multilateral or bilateral credit agency;
- When, previously, a technical evaluation indicates that the national bidders do not have sufficient capacity to provide the goods or services or execute the projects or works;
- When a previous national public tender has been declared void.

Law No. 488-08 establishes a regulatory regime for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs. According to Art. 25, state institutions must reserve 15% of purchases of goods and services to national MSMEs. Moreover, Art. 26 establishes that when MSMEs are managed by women who have a shareholding or capital stock of more than 50%, then the percentage of purchases by state institutions reserved for MSMEs goes up to 20%.

According to Art. 25 of Decree No. 543-12, in order for a foreign individual or legal entity to participate in contracts for the execution of works or to be contracted by the Dominican State, it must be associated with a national or mixed capital.