According to Art. 57 of the cybersecurity and personal data protection law, the importation, sale or use of encryption services (in the law "means of cryptology") is banned unless authorised by the government.

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

According to Arts. 8 and 9 of the Law No. 2015/018/AN, the regulatory body for the postal and telecommunications sector is called the "Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications", abbreviated as ARPT. This body carries out its regulatory functions in an independent, neutral, professional, impartial, and transparent manner and has legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy.

According to Art. 28 of Part II of the Law L/2016/037/AN, the transfer of personal data is subject to prior authorisation from the personal data protection authority. Any transfer of such data is subject to strict and regular control by the authorities with regard to their purposes. The authorisation is always needed, though other conditions must also be fulfilled. A controller of personal data may only transfer such data to a third country if the state ensures a higher or equivalent level of protection of privacy, fundamental freedoms and rights of individuals with regard to the processing to which such data may be subject.

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

Law L/2016/037/AN provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Guinea. Art. 2 of Part II stipulates that "the purpose of this law is to guarantee the protection of personal data in the Republic of Guinea by defining, in particular, the rules, mechanisms, and tools for the protection and management of such data, as well as the sanctions for violations of these rules, in addition to the sanctions provided for by the law on cybercrime".

Art. 37 of the Law L/2016/035/AN sets a minimum retention period for documents relating to electronic transactions. These documents must be kept for at least 10 years. During this period, the information must be accessible and retrievable, kept in its original format, and traceable to its origin and destination.

Under Arts. 96 to 105, Law No. 2016-037 permits a "competent authority" to require legal or natural persons who offer internet access to carry out surveillance on their subscribers’ activities without specifying the role of the judicial authority in triggering the surveillance procedure.
Moreover, according to Arts. 48 and 49 of Part II of the Law, an authorised cryptographic service provider or the person responsible for processing personal data may not oppose professional secrecy to the Personal Data Protection Authority and may be required to provide all data if requested.

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

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

According to Art. 67 of the Law L/2016/037/AN, access to internet services from cyber cafes is subject to prior identification of users. The modalities will be determined by the Ministerial Order of the Minister in charge of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy.

Art. 36 of the Telecommunications Act requires the identification of all telecommunication service subscribers. It also requires operators to transmit the identification data to the “competent authorities” upon request from the public prosecutor's office.

Guinea has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Guinea has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Guinea 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. In particular, the country has established 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, which has been ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Guinea in 2002.