A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Côte d'Ivoire's law and jurisprudence.

Art. 163 of Ordinance No. 2012-293 provides that telephone operators and Internet service providers are required to identify their subscribers. Art. 3 of the Decree No. 2017-193, adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 2012-293, requires telecom operators and service providers to identify their subscribers through the collection and storage of identification data. Under Art. 13, the identification data collected includes photo, date and place of birth, profession, email and physical address, plus the biometric national identity card or biometric national driving licence or biometric passport, which all enclose fingerprints, photo, signature, names, and parentage. In addition, Art. 28 introduces measures to ensure the identification of all cybercafé users.

According to Art. 8 of Decree No. 2014-105, the supply or importation of a cryptology means not exclusively ensuring authentication or integrity control functions, is subject to a prior declaration to the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI, Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire). The modalities of this prior declaration are established by the ARTCI's decision. In this regard, the service provider or the person providing or importing a cryptology means must make a description of the technical characteristics of this cryptology available to the ARTCI.

According to Art. 5 of Decree No. 2014-460, foreign companies cannot be members of the Ivorian standardisation committee. Art. 4 provides that the Ivorian standardisation committee carries out activities relating to the development and approval of standards as well as the management of the national mark of conformity to standards.

Art. 88 of Ordinance 2012-293 provides that equipment intended to be connected to a telecommunications/ICT network open to the public and radio equipment must be assessed by the "Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d'Ivoire" (ARTCI, Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire) for compliance with the essential requirements (defined as measures necessary to ensure the health and safety of persons, electromagnetic compatibility between telecommunications/ICT equipment and installations and, where appropriate, proper use of the radio frequency spectrum to avoid harmful interference to third parties).
Art. 89 states that ARTCI may instruct independent national or foreign standardisation bodies to draw up technical standards for the approval of equipment. The technical standards adopted by the ARTCI must be published in the Official Gazette, following their approval by an order of the Minister in charge of Telecommunications/ICT. In addition, Art. 92 establishes that the testing labouratories and bodies used by persons responsible for placing telecommunication/ICT equipment on the market in order to establish their conformity with the essential requirements must either be accredited by ARTCI, be recognised in Côte d'Ivoire under international agreements or be empowered in any other way by Ivorian law.
Art. 9 of Decree No. 2013-301 provides information about the necessary documents for the certification. Art 30 of Law No. 2013 - 866 confirms that certification documents from other accredited labs are accepted.

Decree No. 214-105 provides that the supply or importation of a cryptology means not exclusively ensuring authentication or integrity control functions, is subject to a prior declaration to the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI, Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire). The service provider, who is subject to professional secrecy, or the person providing or importing a cryptology means, must make available to the ARTCI a description of the technical characteristics of this cryptology means (Art. 8). In addition, the use of cryptology means and services ensuring confidentiality functions is free only if they are based on secret codes managed by an organization approved by the ARTCI, and the Authority must ensure, by any means, that the secret codes are not contrary to public policy or do not undermine the interests of national defence or the internal or external security of the State (Art. 6). Besides, the use of the means and services of cryptology beyond 32 bits for confidentiality is subject to authorisation (Art. 7).

Under Art. 26 of Law No. 2013-450, the controller of a processing operation may only be authorised to transfer personal data to a third country if that country ensures a higher or equivalent level of protection of the privacy, freedoms and fundamental rights of individuals with regard to the processing of which such data are or may be subject. In addition, before any actual transfer of personal data to this third country, the controller must first obtain authorisation from the Protection Authority. The transfer of personal data to third countries is subject to regular monitoring by the Protection Authority with regard to their purpose.

Côte d'Ivoire has not joined any agreement with binding commitments on data flows.

Law No. 2013-450 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Côte d'Ivoire, addressing matters such as prior authorisation for processing sensitive data, defining consent as a central principle, necessitating data protection officer appointments, and providing restrictions on data transfers.

Under Art. 15 of Decree No. 2017-193, telecom operators and service providers are required to collect and keep copies of documents and data relating to subscribers’ identification throughout the duration of their subscription and, at least three years from the end of the subscription.

Law No. 2013-450 provides for the creation of a correspondent for the protection of personal data, who is a person enjoying qualifications to perform such missions and is the independent natural or legal person designated by the responsible person (the natural or legal person, public or private, any other body or association which, alone or jointly with others, takes the decision to collect and process personal data and determines the purposes thereof) to oversee the responsible person's obligations under the Law and ensure compliance with the Law (Art. 12). More information about this role can be found in Order No. 511/MPTIC/CAB. There are no requirements to carry out a Data Protection Impact Assessment in the Law No. 2013-450. However, it is reported that the Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d'Ivoire (ARCTI) is beginning to impose it as a good practice for any sensitive data processing.

Art. 3 of the Decree No. 2017-193 requires telecom operators and service providers to identify their subscribers through the collection and storage of identification data. Art. 14 specifies that “subscriber data is kept up to date and can only be accessed by third parties in the event of an investigation or judicial information, upon written request from the competent judicial authority and by agents appointed by the Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d’Ivoire (ARTCI, "Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d'Ivoire") as part of their control mission, in accordance with the regulations in force”. As a result, personal data appears to be accessible to the authorities also without a court order.

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

Under Art. 16 of Decree No. 214-105, competent administrative or judicial authorities can access secret codes of encrypted data upon request to the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency of Cote d'Ivoire (ARTCI) or order decryption of data through the help of ARTCI.

Côte d'Ivoire does not have comprehensive trade secret legislation. Yet, there are provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Côte d'Ivoire since 2002.