Sudan
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
Sudan's legal framework for web crawling is minimal and highly uncertain due to ongoing armed conflict (since April 2023), collapsed governance infrastructure, and the absence of a comprehensive data-protection law. The principal relevant statute is the Cybercrime Act (originally 2007, significantly amended 2018 and 2020, with further amendments in October 2025), which criminalises illegal access, data interference, and illegal interception. The law contains vague and overbroad provisions and has been criticised by Article 19 and other civil-society organisations. A 2025 amendment imposed penalties up to SDG 10,000,000 (approx. USD 16,700) and up to 10 years imprisonment for social-media and digital content offences. There is no dedicated data-protection authority. Relevant ancillary legislation includes the Electronic Transactions Act 2007. Sudan signed the AU Malabo Convention in March 2023 but has not ratified it. In practice, formal enforcement is extremely unlikely given the ongoing conflict, but legal risk is unassessable. Treat as minimal_or_unclear with human review required.
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 | unsettled |
| Copyright exception model | none |
| 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 | No comprehensive data protection law; Cybercrime Act contains partial provisions |
| Trespass to chattels | not recognized |
Last reviewed: 2026-05-23. Confidence: low. Fast-moving area — verify before relying. Not legal advice.