Gambia
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
The Gambia's legal framework for web crawling is emerging. The Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act 2025 (PDPPA) — The Gambia's first comprehensive data-protection law — was assented by President Adama Barrow on 7 November 2025 after unanimous National Assembly approval on 29 September 2025. The Information Commission (pre-existing access-to-information regulator) is the designated supervisory authority; no separate DPA is created. The PDPPA applies extraterritorially to controllers processing Gambian residents' data. On cybercrime, the Cybercrime Bill 2023 was introduced at first reading in March 2024 and referred to the Education Committee for public consultations; as of late 2024 it had not been enacted. No cybercrime statute specifically criminalises unauthorised computer access as of the research date — general criminal law governs instead. No TDM copyright exception and no sui generis database right exist. The ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/SA.1/01/10 (2010) on Personal Data Protection is binding on The Gambia as a member state. Confidence raised to medium because the PDPPA 2025 is now a clearly enacted, well-documented law with an active regulator; the cybercrime gap remains real but the overall posture is determinable.
Automated-access legality
Carried forward from the crawler-law index. Governs whether automated clients may access public websites in this jurisdiction.
| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorization test | unsettled |
| Public-page carve-out | unsettled |
| Terms-of-service browsewrap enforceable | unsettled |
| Terms-of-service clickwrap enforceable | yes |
| Copyright exception model | fair dealing narrow |
| Text and data mining — commercial status | unsettled |
| Text and data mining — opt-out mechanism | none |
| robots.txt legal weight | non binding notice |
| AI training-specific law | none |
| Privacy regime | Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act 2025 (PDPPA); ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/SA.1/01/10 (2010) |
| Trespass to chattels | not recognized |
Last reviewed: 2026-05-24. Confidence: medium. Fast-moving area — verify before relying. Not legal advice.