## Which countries require consent before the first message?

25 of the 245 countries Bird reaches by SMS record a consent requirement in their policy. The other 220 record no consent model at all, which is missing data rather than an absence of local law.

### Opt-in required (25)

Andorra (AD), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Canada (CA), Croatia (HR), Faroe Islands (FO), France (FR), Georgia (GE), Germany (DE), Guernsey (GG), Hungary (HU), Isle of Man (IM), Jersey (JE), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Montenegro (ME), Peru (PE), Puerto Rico (PR), Romania (RO), Singapore (SG), Switzerland (CH), U.S. Virgin Islands (VI), United Kingdom (GB), United States (US)