Palau
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
Palau has the most developed legal framework among these six Pacific micro-states. Computer crimes are codified in Title 17 PNCA Chapter 31 (Penal Code), including illegal access (17 PNCA ss.3108–3110), computer fraud, and data/system interference. The Privacy Act (6 PNCA ss.205–206), enacted circa 2019, regulates collection, storage and processing of personal data by public and private entities, with consent, transparency and security principles. The Palau Senate passed a comprehensive Cybersecurity Act (SB 12-9 SD1) in October 2025, which would expand the digital-security framework; its enactment status should be verified. Copyright is governed by the Copyright Act of 2003 (WIPO Lex); Palau is not confirmed as a Berne Convention party as of August 2024. No sui generis database right and no TDM exception. Web-crawling of public pages is unlikely to trigger the computer-access offence but ToS violation or technical circumvention elevates risk; privacy law applies to personal data collected from any source.
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 | without permission |
| Public-page carve-out | unsettled |
| Terms-of-service browsewrap enforceable | notice dependent |
| 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 | Privacy Act (6 PNCA ss.205–206, c.2019) |
| Trespass to chattels | not recognized |
Last reviewed: 2026-05-23. Confidence: low. Fast-moving area — verify before relying. Not legal advice.