Online safety & content laws in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2026)

Enacted in 2016 and aligned with the Budapest Convention, the Act criminalises illegal data/system interference, identity crimes, child sexual abuse material, cyberbullying, electronic harassment and libel, and spam. Part IV establishes a differentiated ISP safe-harbour framework (access, hosting, caching, hyperlink, and search-engine providers) with an explicit no-general-monitoring obligation.

Act No. 6 of 2015 gives legal recognition to electronic records, signatures, and contracts. It includes consumer-protection disclosure requirements for e-commerce and rights to cancel transactions, but does not create online-content or platform-safety obligations.

The Data Protection Act 2021 regulates the processing of personal data, establishes data-protection principles (lawfulness, minimisation, accuracy, retention limits), grants individuals access/rectification/erasure rights, and created the office of Data Protection Commissioner to enforce compliance.

The Privacy Act 2003, intended to regulate collection and use of personal data by public authorities, has never been brought into force because the required commencement order has not been issued, leaving a gap in the public-sector data-protection framework.

Freedom House and the U.S. State Department confirm the government does not restrict or censor internet access or online content. However, the Cybercrime Act's criminal-libel provisions for online media drew press-freedom criticism (IFEX), as they extend pre-existing defamation offences — carrying up to two years' imprisonment — to online publications.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a contracting state of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), which provides regional oversight of electronic communications but does not operate a dedicated online-safety or age-verification framework. No national age-verification or platform-duty-of-care obligation has been identified.