Status
Bill pending
Consent model
None
Primary law
Data Protection Bill (pending); cybersecurity law 2021
Year
n/a
Authority
None yet
Marketing consent
No comprehensive consent requirement.
Transfers
No general rule restricts personal data leaving the country.
Penalties
No penalties apply under a general privacy law.
The framework
No comprehensive data protection statute applies in Sierra Leone 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 comprehensive consent requirement. 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 general rule restricts personal data leaving the country.
Enforcement and penalties
No penalties apply under a general privacy law.
Cite this page: "Sierra Leone Data Privacy Laws." Digital Privacy Regulations, September 28, 2026, https://digitalprivacyregs.com/sierra-leone.html. Accessed [date].