The days when you could buy a “file of 100,000 Moroccan numbers” on the internet to send a wild promotion are over. In Morocco, the mobile telephone number is considered by law as “Personal Data”. As such, its processing (collection, storage and use for sending SMS) is strictly regulated.
The supervisory authority is the CNDP (National Commission for the Control of the Protection of Personal Data), which ensures the application of law 09-08.
For SMEs and developers who integrate an SMS API, ignorance of this law exposes the company to direct complaints from consumers and heavy sanctions. Here is a practical popularization of this legal framework, often perceived as opaque.


