According to Art. 3.2 of the Instructions Regarding Application Procedures and Criteria for Granting Individual and Classified Public Telecommunications Licenses, licenses will be granted to qualified applicants unless there are valid reasons not to do so. These reasons may include national security, safety concerns, technical limitations, scarce resources, and the potential for creating an anti-competitive market environment for public telecommunications services, as outlined in Art. 28 of the Telecommunications Law.
According to Art. 20 of the Telecommunications Law, the establishment, operation, and administration of public telecommunications networks and the provision of public telecommunications services are not permitted unless a license has been obtained from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC). According to Art. 26, all those wishing to obtain a license shall be given the opportunity to submit their proposals or applications if they meet the conditions specified by the Commission. For this purpose, according to Art. 27, the following documents are needed to be enclosed with an application:
- Acceptable statements illustrating the technical and administrative ability of the applicant to provide the service;
- Acceptable statements illustrating the financial ability of the applicant and the funding sources of the project;
- Bases of pricing of the proposed services and the method of their calculation;
- Types of the proposed services, the geographical area to be covered, and the technology used in the service.

Jordan has appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Art. 15 of the Personal Data Protection Law provides that any cross-border transaction of personal information must be transferred to a party that has a sufficient level of data protection. The level of protection afforded to a data recipient is equivalent to that imposed by Jordanian laws and regulations, except in the following cases: judicial cooperation is established under international conventions and treaties; international cooperation in the field of combating crimes; data exchange is essential for patient treatment; data exchange is related to epidemiological and health disasters or public health related to Jordan; the data subject has approved the transfer of data after being made aware that the level of protection outside the jurisdiction is not equivalent to the level imposed by Jordanian laws and regulations; and transfer of funds abroad.

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

Law No. 24 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Jordan. The provisions of the Law are applicable to any personal and sensitive information processing of natural persons, whether such data was collected or processed before or after the effectiveness of the Law within Jordan, and apply to controllers who are also based outside of Jordan. The Law also applies to both domestic and international data transfers. In addition, the Law outlines several rights for individuals, namely the right to be informed, to access and obtain held data by the data controller, to object and withdraw consent, to correct, amend, add or update data, to restrict data processing, to be forgotten, to ensure data is erased, and to data portability. Furthermore, the Law includes obligations regarding the notification of data infringements and breaches to individuals.

The Instructions of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing For Electronic Payments and Money Transfer Companies No. 12/2018, issued under the Payment and Transfer of Money Regulation No. 111/2017, introduces a data retention requirement of five years for transaction data and system logs.

Art. 11(a) of the Personal Data Protection Law provides that the controller shall be committed to appointing a DPO in the following instances:
- If the main business of the controller is the processing of personal data;
- They process sensitive personal data;
- They process the personal data of natural individuals who do not have legal capacity;
- Processing includes financial information;
- The responsible person transfers personal data outside Jordan;
- Any other case for which the Council decides to oblige the controller to appoint a DPO.

Pursuant to Art. 11(b)(2) of the Personal Data Protection Law, one of the duties of the controller is to carry out a periodic assessment and evaluation of the database, data processing systems, and systems, preserving the security and safety of data. The controller must document the outcomes of such assessment, issue the necessary recommendations for protecting the data, and implement such recommendations alongside monitoring procedures adopted for protecting data and documenting compliance with the law and relevant legislation.

Art. 5 of the Regulation Regulating the Transportation of Passengers through Smart Applications provides that the Land Transport Regulatory Commission has the discretion to request from an operator of ride-hailing apps the information it holds in its database, specifically relating to the service provider, the vehicle, the passenger and ride.
It is reported that as a result of this regulation, the Ministry of Transportation, as well as judicial and security bodies, can access the companies’ servers and databases without a court order.

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

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

Jordan 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. 15(b) of the Government Procurement Regulation No. 8 of 2022 establishes a preference for domestic bidders or price preferences. Moreover, Art. 8.7 grants priority to domestic products over a foreign product if the bids are equivalent. The article stipulates that preference is given to local products determined by the Council of Ministers, provided that they fulfil the requirements stipulated in the purchase documents, and grants priority in terms of price only.