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

[anh]

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.

[Beth_Massura · Accepted solution]

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]

@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]

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