Internet & Online Safety - Cayman Islands

There is no Cayman equivalent of the EU DSA or UK Online Safety Act imposing duties of care, illegal/harmful-content removal, or systemic-risk obligations on platforms; online regulation is fragmented across criminal, ICT and data-protection statutes.

Section 90 of the Information and Communications Technology Act makes it an offence to knowingly use an ICT network or service to defraud, abuse, annoy, threaten or harass any person, punishable by fines up to CI$20,000 and up to two years' imprisonment on indictment, with a power to restrain further ICT use.

The Computer Misuse Act (modelled on the UK Computer Misuse Act) criminalises unauthorised access, modification and interception of computer systems, while Penal Code sections 88A–88C cover intentional harassment, alarm or distress and threats — the principal tools for prosecuting online harms.

The Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg), via its ICT function (formerly the ICTA), regulates ICT networks/services through licensing under the ICT Act and addresses cybersecurity and consumer protection, but it does not operate a content-moderation or online-safety mandate over platforms.

There are no in-force or publicly proposed Cayman laws requiring social-media age verification, age-gating of minors, or imposing intermediary/platform liability and notice-and-takedown duties; such obligations exist only indirectly via the general offences above.

The Data Protection Act (in force 30 September 2019, 2021 Revision), supervised by the Cayman Islands Ombudsman and broadly aligned with the EU GDPR, governs personal-data handling online but does not regulate content moderation or online-safety harms.