Section 58 of Law No. 2010/013 requires authorisation for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services, although the requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions which are integrated into application software used by users. Under the law, criminal investigation officers and authorised officials may require the decryption of encrypted data by specified persons as authorised by the State Counsel, an examining judge or a court. They may also require communication service providers to comply with these requests, except where they are unable to satisfy such requests. The use of encryption to commit a crime and refusal to hand over the convention to judicial authorities in such cases is punishable by imprisonment, a high financial penalty, or both. Section 7.2 of Law No. 2010/012 states that the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) shall be “responsible for the regulation, control and monitoring of activities related to the security of electronic communication networks, information systems, and electronic certification on behalf of the State” and that one of its missions is to “examine applications for the certification of cryptographic means”.

According to the Instruction No. 8/GR/2019 issued by the Governor of the Bank of Central African States to facilitate the interpretation and implementation of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Regulation 02/18/CEMAC/UMAC/CM, there is a limit of 1 million XAF (approx. USD 1,700) per month and per person for the remote settlement of transactions, including online payments. According to Arts. 7-8, justification needs to be provided above this limit. The Instruction provides guidance on the provision of Art. 34 of the Regulation, which implements certain limits for using electronic payment instruments outside the CEMAC and applies to the six CEMAC member states, including Cameroon.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is KAF 70000 (approx. USD 110), below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Legislation Framework Law No. 2011/012 provides a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions.

Cameroon has signed and ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Cameroon has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Cameroon has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Section 33 of Law No. 2024/017 establishes that the conduct of a prior data protection impact assessment is a legal obligation where processing activities are likely to entail a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals.

Cameroon has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Art. 34.2 of Law No. 2010/012 stipulates that intermediaries (defined as anyone who, even free of charge, stores signals, writings, images, sounds or messages of any kind provided by the recipients of these services) are not liable in the following cases:
- They were not effectively aware of their unlawful nature or of facts and circumstances showing this nature;
- If they learned of the facts, they acted promptly to remove this data or make it impossible to access it.

Cameroon has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. Art. 34.2 of Law No. 2010/012 stipulates that intermediaries (defined as anyone who, even free of charge, stores signals, writings, images, sounds or messages of any kind provided by the recipients of these services) are not liable in the following cases:
- They were not effectively aware of their unlawful nature or of facts and circumstances showing this nature;
- If they learned of the facts, they acted promptly to remove this data or make it impossible to access it.

According to Art. 55 of Law No. 2010/013, operators of electronic communications networks open to the public, as well as service providers, are required at the time of any subscription to proceed to register the identification of subscribers and terminals.

The indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Cameroon for the year 2024. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2006/018, foreign operators wishing to carry out any advertising activity in the territory of Cameroon must conclude an agreement of representation to this effect with a Cameroonian operator duly approved for the advertising profession concerned. This also applies to online advertising.

According to Section 58 of Law No. 2010/013, an authorisation is required for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services. The requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions which are integrated into application software used by users.

According to Section 58 of Law No. 2010/013, an authorisation is required for the supply, export, import or use of cryptography means or services. The requirements do not apply to cryptographic functions integrated into application software users use.