Tuvalu
AI behavior law: bot and agent disclosure, crawler and training-data rules, automated-agent transactions, and algorithmic decision-making.
Summary
Tuvalu's legal framework for cybercrime is fragmentary. No dedicated cybercrime statute has been enacted; a Cybercrime Bill has been drafted but remains pending as of May 2026. Computer-related offences are addressed only in scattered provisions: the Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation Act (s.33) criminalises interference with messages, interception, and disclosure of intercepted communications, plus "grossly offensive messages". A Data Protection and Privacy Act 2020 has been reported in secondary sources, which would establish data principles (lawfulness, purpose limitation, minimisation, accuracy) and a Tuvalu Data Protection Authority; however, the official legislative text has not been independently verified via PacLII or the official Tuvalu legislation portal, so this should be treated with caution. Copyright is governed by the Copyright Act (Ch. 40.24, Rev. Ed. 2008; Berne Convention member since 2 June 2017); fair dealing is narrow, no sui generis database right, no TDM exception. Web-crawling law is effectively unaddressed beyond the scattered telecommunications offences and any applicable privacy law.
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 | Data Protection and Privacy Act 2020 (enactment unverified via primary source) |
| Trespass to chattels | not recognized |
Last reviewed: 2026-05-23. Confidence: low. Not legal advice.