Status
Bill pending
Consent model
None
Primary law
Data Protection Bill 2025 (first reading April 2025); no law confirmed in force
Year
n/a
Authority
None yet
Marketing consent
No data protection framework in force.
Transfers
No rule restricts personal data leaving the country while the bill is pending.
Penalties
No penalties apply until a law is passed.
The framework
No comprehensive data protection statute applies in Kiribati today.
With no local consent rule, platform policies and the extraterritorial reach of laws like the GDPR govern campaigns here in practice.
Marketing and advertising
No data protection framework in force. With no operative local consent rule, the practical guardrails are platform policy and any foreign law that can reach the campaign.
Cross-border transfers
No rule restricts personal data leaving the country while the bill is pending.
Enforcement and penalties
No penalties apply until a law is passed.
Primary sources
Cite this page: "Kiribati Data Privacy Laws." Digital Privacy Regulations, September 28, 2026, https://digitalprivacyregs.com/kiribati.html. Accessed [date].