The last paragraph of Art. 44 of Law No. 18-07 forbids, in any case, the communication or transfer of personal data to a foreign country when this transfer is likely to carry harm to public security or the vital interests of the state.

Art. 8 of the Law No. 18-05 requires any e-commerce activity, which is defined as electronic commerce in goods and services, to have a website hosted in Algeria with a “.com.dz” extension. This requirement applies to both domestic and foreign e-suppliers as clarified in Art. 2, which states the legislation applies to e-commerce transactions where one of the parties to the e-commerce contract is of Algerian nationality, or legally resides in Algeria, or a legal person governed by Algerian law, or if the contract is concluded or performed in Algeria. Effectively, this means that the requirement to have domain names hosted in Algeria also applies to foreign companies.

Art. 10 of Decision No. 48/SP/PC/ARPT/17 stipulates that in the course of carrying out the activity covered by its authorisation to establish and operate hosting and storage services for computerised content, the "service provider" is obliged to guarantee that customer data is hosted and stored on national territory and to guarantee a backup solution for data hosted or stored. The term "service provider" is defined as any natural or legal person who has been granted authorisation to establish and operate hosting and storage services for computerised content for the benefit of remote users as part of cloud computing services, in compliance with the requirements set out in the legislation and regulations in force.

Algeria is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Order No. 03-05 does not provide any fair use/fair dealing model for copyright exceptions. However, Arts. 33-53 provide a list of wide exceptions. These include: materials that are printed, audio, audio-visual or any other form prepared for school or university education; work converted for personal or family purposes; usage of decorative or illustrative drawing of a literary or artistic work in a publication, in an audio or audio video recording or in audio or audio video programs meant for teaching or professional training as long as it is intended to achieve the targeted purpose; free acting or performing of a work; libraries and document keeping centers, not aiming at making direct or indirect commercial profits, can reproduce a work without the author’s or right owner’s permission in response to a request from another library or document keeping center, or to maintain the work’s copy, or to compensate a damaged, lost or void one; and mass media institutions reproducing, circulating or conveying to the public articles on daily events published by newspapers, radio or television, without permission from the author or reward to him, provided that the author and the source are indicated, unless there is an express provision prohibiting its use for such purposes.

Algeria is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II). In fact, the country is not a member of the WTO.

Art. 59 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that, in instances where national production or national production facilities are capable of satisfying the contracting authority's requirements, the latter is obliged to issue a national invitation to tender. Furthermore, Art. 60 stipulates when the contracting authority initiates a national and/or international tender process, regardless of the chosen procedure, the contracting authority must include specifications in the tender documentation that permit the use of imported products only in instances where the equivalent local product is unavailable or of a quality that does not comply with the technical standards required. Additionally, the contracting authority must only permit the use of foreign subcontractors when domestic companies are unable to meet the contracting authority's needs.
The aforementioned requirements were already in force in Art. 85 of Presidential Decree No. 15-247 since 2015, which is still in force pending the adoption of a regulation for Law No. 23-12.

Art. 62 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that a preference margin is granted to products of Algerian origin and/or to companies under Algerian law whose capital is majority-owned by resident nationals. Art. 111 provides that the terms of application of the provisions of this Law shall be defined by regulation. However, a regulation has not yet been adopted and, according to Art. 112, the previous provisions shall remain applicable until the adoption of the new regulatory texts. Consequently, the margin of preference is granted at a rate of 25%, in accordance with Art. 83 of Presidential Decree No. 15/247 since 2015.

Art. 82 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that foreign companies that submit bids alone unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise, must subcontract at least 30% of the initial contract amount to companies that are legally domiciled in Algeria. The aforementioned requirement was already in force in Art. 85 of Presidential Decree No. 15/247 since 2015, which is still in force pending the adoption of a regulation for Law No. 23-12.

Art. 58 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that contracting authorities must reserve a maximum of 20% of contracts for small or micro-enterprises, start-ups, or any entity designated as such.

Art. 64 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that the specifications for international calls for competition must provide foreign bidders or subcontractors with a minimum threshold of professional integration of the national workforce and qualified national executives.

Art. 60 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that when the contracting authority initiates a national and/or international competitive tender process, it must include a system to guarantee the provision of training and the transfer of technology and know-how in relation to the subject of the contract.

Algeria is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status, as it is not a member of the WTO.

Art. 4 of the Law on Audiovisual Activity restricts the operation of online audiovisual services to Algerian legal entities whose share capital is held exclusively by Algerian natural persons or by Algerian legal entities composed entirely of Algerian shareholders, thereby excluding any form of foreign ownership or participation.

Chapter 3 of Law No. 22-18 establishes the Algerian Agency for Investment Promotion. The Agency, among other activities, should ensure that the investors comply with the legislation in force and the standards relating, in particular, to the environment and public health protection, to competition, work and transparency of accounting, tax and financial information (Art. 15). The controls are done both before the investment (during recording and processing of investment files) and after (during monitoring of investment projects).
It is also reported that initial foreign investments remain subject to approvals from a host of ministries that cover the proposed project, most often the Ministries of Commerce, Health, Industry and Pharmaceutical Production, Energy and Mines, Telecommunications and Post, and Industry. Moreover, companies have reported that certain high-profile industrial proposals, such as for automotive assembly, are subject to informal approval by the Prime Minister.