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.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Arts. 43.4 and 73 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provide that any contracting authority must apply a margin of preference of not more than 15% to:
- A bid submitted by a bidder who intends to subcontract at least 30% of the overall value of the contract concerned to a local small and medium-sized enterprise.
- Any bid submitted by a bidding community enterprise, that is, an enterprise whose registered office is located in a Member State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

Art. 19.4 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provides that each contracting authority must set aside annually for small and medium-sized enterprises a minimum share of 30% of the estimated value of contracts for works, goods or services.

The public procurement process is reported to be legally open, but in some cases, it is perceived as opaque in practice, and public contracts are occasionally awarded outside of public tenders. Some foreign companies reportedly win contracts through long-standing relationships with government officials or with the help of partnerships with Ivorian business entities closely linked to the government. During tender negotiations, the Ivorian government imposes local content requirements on foreign companies. In addition, although there are regulations governing sole-source procurement, there have been instances where the government has awarded sole-source tenders without competitive bidding, citing a company's high technical capacity or declaring an emergency. Many companies continue to identify corruption as an obstacle to a transparent understanding of procurement decisions.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2020.

Law No. 2013-546 does not lay down any obligations regarding the maximum share of foreign capital for investment.

Ordinance No. 2012-293 provides for licenses under which a company is allowed to establish, operate networks or provide telecommunications services. Obtaining an individual license is subject to the following conditions: being a legal entity under Ivorian law, having the technical and financial capacity, having an operating plan for the individual license that complies with the criteria established in the specifications, committing to comply with the applicable law, in particular, this Ordinance and its implementing provisions, as well as the specifications appended to the license for which it applies (Art. 9). In practice, however, this requirement does not seem to prevent foreign providers from offering their services across borders.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Côte d'Ivoire, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.