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anh
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Current List of Opt-In/Double Opt-In/Opt-Out Countries

Curious if anyone has a resource they can share on the opt-in laws as they pertain to each country? I'm currently trying to identify where double opt-in is required; same goes for single opt-in and opt-out.

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Beth_Massura
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Re: Current List of Opt-In/Double Opt-In/Opt-Out Countries

Hi Anh, it really depends on how the organization's legal counsel interprets the laws and how risk-averse they are. Some organizations might say only Germany requires double opt-in, while others also include Austria and Switzerland. Some organizations might say the US operates under "everyone is opted in until they opt out" while others might say everyone needs to opt in, regardless of country.

There is also the distinction between opt-in for marketing communications (which typically can be managed by marketing operations) and data storage and processing (which impacts all areas of the business and typically is managed by a data governance team). There's a little about the latter - data storage and processing regulations - on the Adobe Privacy Service documentation.

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Beth_Massura
Level 8 - Champion Alumni

Re: Current List of Opt-In/Double Opt-In/Opt-Out Countries

Hi Anh, it really depends on how the organization's legal counsel interprets the laws and how risk-averse they are. Some organizations might say only Germany requires double opt-in, while others also include Austria and Switzerland. Some organizations might say the US operates under "everyone is opted in until they opt out" while others might say everyone needs to opt in, regardless of country.

There is also the distinction between opt-in for marketing communications (which typically can be managed by marketing operations) and data storage and processing (which impacts all areas of the business and typically is managed by a data governance team). There's a little about the latter - data storage and processing regulations - on the Adobe Privacy Service documentation.

Jo_Pitts1
Level 10 - Community Advisor

Re: Current List of Opt-In/Double Opt-In/Opt-Out Countries

@anh ,

I try to convince all of my clients to be good corporate citizens and use things like double opt in even when not required by law.  It then makes your design much simpler, and ultimately makes engagement rates higher, and (in the case of one of my clients) can become something they even talk about publicly (i.e. look how responsible we're being)

Cheers

Jo

nayak_pr
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Re: Current List of Opt-In/Double Opt-In/Opt-Out Countries

Here is the list of countries with ISO code and DOI enablers. However, this is a list to kickstart your Double Optin Logic . Based on the industry you work on there would be different regulations. Privacy Regulations overview | Adobe Experience Platform. There are European countries which are not part of EU but good to have them listed under the DOI process.

 

Thanks,

Priyaranjan 

 

Country Alpha-2 code Alpha-3 code Numeric DOI READY  
Afghanistan AF AFG 4    
Albania AL ALB 8 DOI-NEU  
Algeria DZ DZA 12    
American Samoa AS ASM 16    
Andorra AD AND 20    
Angola AO AGO 24    
Anguilla AI AIA 660    
Antarctica AQ ATA 10    
Antigua and Barbuda AG ATG 28    
Argentina AR ARG 32    
Armenia AM ARM 51    
Aruba AW ABW 533    
Australia AU AUS 36    
Austria AT AUT 40 DOI  
Azerbaijan AZ AZE 31    
Bahamas (the) BS BHS 44    
Bahrain BH BHR 48    
Bangladesh BD BGD 50    
Barbados BB BRB 52    
Belarus BY BLR 112 DOI-NEU  
Belgium BE BEL 56 DOI  
Belize BZ BLZ 84    
Benin BJ BEN 204    
Bermuda BM BMU 60    
Bhutan BT BTN 64    
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) BO BOL 68    
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba BQ BES 535    
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA BIH 70 DOI-NEU  
Botswana BW BWA 72    
Bouvet Island BV BVT 74    
Brazil BR BRA 76    
British Indian Ocean Territory (the) IO IOT 86    
Brunei Darussalam BN BRN 96    
Bulgaria BG BGR 100 DOI  
Burkina Faso BF BFA 854    
Burundi BI BDI 108    
Cabo Verde CV CPV 132    
Cambodia KH KHM 116    
Cameroon CM CMR 120    
Canada CA CAN 124    
Cayman Islands (the) KY CYM 136    
Central African Republic (the) CF CAF 140    
Chad TD TCD 148    
Chile CL CHL 152    
China CN CHN 156    
Christmas Island CX CXR 162    
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the) CC CCK 166    
Colombia CO COL 170    
Comoros (the) KM COM 174    
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) CD COD 180    
Congo (the) CG COG 178    
Cook Islands (the) CK COK 184    
Costa Rica CR CRI 188    
Croatia HR HRV 191 DOI  
Cuba CU CUB 192    
Curaçao CW CUW 531    
Cyprus CY CYP 196 DOI  
Czechia CZ CZE 203    
Czech Republic          
Côte d'Ivoire CI CIV 384    
Denmark DK DNK 208 DOI  
Djibouti DJ DJI 262    
Dominica DM DMA 212    
Dominican Republic (the) DO DOM 214    
Ecuador EC ECU 218    
Egypt EG EGY 818    
El Salvador SV SLV 222    
Equatorial Guinea GQ GNQ 226    
Eritrea ER ERI 232    
Estonia EE EST 233 DOI  
Eswatini SZ SWZ 748    
Ethiopia ET ETH 231    
Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas] FK FLK 238    
Faroe Islands (the) FO FRO 234    
Fiji FJ FJI 242    
Finland FI FIN 246 DOI  
France FR FRA 250 DOI  
French Guiana GF GUF 254    
French Polynesia PF PYF 258    
French Southern Territories (the) TF ATF 260    
Gabon GA GAB 266    
Gambia (the) GM GMB 270    
Georgia GE GEO 268    
Germany DE DEU 276 DOI  
Ghana GH GHA 288    
Gibraltar GI GIB 292    
Greece GR GRC 300 DOI  
Greenland GL GRL 304    
Grenada GD GRD 308    
Guadeloupe GP GLP 312    
Guam GU GUM 316    
Guatemala GT GTM 320    
Guernsey GG GGY 831    
Guinea GN GIN 324    
Guinea-Bissau GW GNB 624    
Guyana GY GUY 328    
Haiti HT HTI 332    
Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM HMD 334    
Holy See (the) VA VAT 336    
Honduras HN HND 340    
Hong Kong HK HKG 344    
Hungary HU HUN 348 DOI  
Iceland IS ISL 352    
India IN IND 356    
Indonesia ID IDN 360    
Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR IRN 364    
Iraq IQ IRQ 368    
Ireland IE IRL 372 DOI  
Isle of Man IM IMN 833    
Israel IL ISR 376    
Italy IT ITA 380 DOI  
Jamaica JM JAM 388    
Japan JP JPN 392    
Jersey JE JEY 832    
Jordan JO JOR 400    
Kazakhstan KZ KAZ 398    
Kenya KE KEN 404    
Kiribati KI KIR 296    
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) KP PRK 408    
Korea (the Republic of) KR KOR 410    
Kuwait KW KWT 414    
Kyrgyzstan KG KGZ 417    
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) LA LAO 418    
Latvia LV LVA 428 DOI  
Lebanon LB LBN 422    
Lesotho LS LSO 426    
Liberia LR LBR 430    
Libya LY LBY 434    
Liechtenstein LI LIE 438    
Lithuania LT LTU 440 DOI  
Luxembourg LU LUX 442 DOI  
Macao MO MAC 446    
Madagascar MG MDG 450    
Malawi MW MWI 454    
Malaysia MY MYS 458    
Maldives MV MDV 462    
Mali ML MLI 466    
Malta MT MLT 470 DOI  
Marshall Islands (the) MH MHL 584    
Martinique MQ MTQ 474    
Mauritania MR MRT 478    
Mauritius MU MUS 480    
Mayotte YT MYT 175    
Mexico MX MEX 484    
Micronesia (Federated States of) FM FSM 583    
Moldova (the Republic of) MD MDA 498 DOI-NEU  
Monaco MC MCO 492    
Mongolia MN MNG 496    
Montenegro ME MNE 499 DOI-NEU  
Montserrat MS MSR 500    
Morocco MA MAR 504    
Mozambique MZ MOZ 508    
Myanmar MM MMR 104    
Namibia NA NAM 516    
Nauru NR NRU 520    
Nepal NP NPL 524    
Netherlands (the) NL NLD 528 DOI  
New Caledonia NC NCL 540    
New Zealand NZ NZL 554    
Nicaragua NI NIC 558    
Niger (the) NE NER 562    
Nigeria NG NGA 566    
Niue NU NIU 570    
Norfolk Island NF NFK 574    
Northern Mariana Islands (the) MP MNP 580    
Norway NO NOR 578 DOI  
Oman OM OMN 512    
Pakistan PK PAK 586    
Palau PW PLW 585    
Palestine, State of PS PSE 275    
Panama PA PAN 591    
Papua New Guinea PG PNG 598    
Paraguay PY PRY 600    
Peru PE PER 604    
Philippines (the) PH PHL 608    
Pitcairn PN PCN 612    
Poland PL POL 616 DOI  
Portugal PT PRT 620 DOI  
Puerto Rico PR PRI 630    
Qatar QA QAT 634    
Republic of North Macedonia MK MKD 807    
Romania RO ROU 642 DOI  
Russian Federation (the) RU RUS 643 DOI-NEU  
Rwanda RW RWA 646    
Réunion RE REU 638    
Saint Barthélemy BL BLM 652    
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha SH SHN 654    
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN KNA 659    
Saint Lucia LC LCA 662    
Saint Martin (French part) MF MAF 663    
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM SPM 666    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VCT 670    
Samoa WS WSM 882    
San Marino SM SMR 674    
Sao Tome and Principe ST STP 678    
Saudi Arabia SA SAU 682    
Senegal SN SEN 686    
Serbia RS SRB 688 DOI-NEU  
Seychelles SC SYC 690    
Sierra Leone SL SLE 694    
Singapore SG SGP 702    
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SX SXM 534    
Slovakia SK SVK 703 DOI  
Slovenia SI SVN 705 DOI  
Solomon Islands SB SLB 90    
Somalia SO SOM 706    
South Africa ZA ZAF 710    
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS SGS 239    
South Sudan SS SSD 728    
Spain ES ESP 724 DOI  
Sri Lanka LK LKA 144    
Sudan (the) SD SDN 729    
Suriname SR SUR 740    
Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJ SJM 744    
Sweden SE SWE 752 DOI  
Switzerland CH CHE 756 DOI  
Syrian Arab Republic SY SYR 760    
Taiwan (Province of China) TW TWN 158    
Tajikistan TJ TJK 762    
Tanzania, United Republic of TZ TZA 834    
Thailand TH THA 764    
Timor-Leste TL TLS 626    
Togo TG TGO 768    
Tokelau TK TKL 772    
Tonga TO TON 776    
Trinidad and Tobago TT TTO 780    
Tunisia TN TUN 788    
Turkey TR TUR 792 DOI-NEU  
Turkmenistan TM TKM 795    
Turks and Caicos Islands (the) TC TCA 796    
Tuvalu TV TUV 798    
Uganda UG UGA 800    
Ukraine UA UKR 804 DOI-NEU  
United Arab Emirates (the) AE ARE 784    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) GB GBR 826 DOI  
United States Minor Outlying Islands (the) UM UMI 581    
United States of America (the) US USA 840    
Uruguay UY URY 858    
Uzbekistan UZ UZB 860    
Vanuatu VU VUT 548    
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) VE VEN 862    
Viet Nam VN VNM 704    
Virgin Islands (British) VG VGB 92    
Virgin Islands (U.S.) VI VIR 850    
Wallis and Futuna WF WLF 876    
Western Sahara EH ESH 732    
Yemen YE YEM 887    
Zambia ZM ZMB 894    
Zimbabwe ZW ZWE 716    
Åland Islands AX ALA 248    
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