Progress

Current status
adopted
26 May 2021 adopted
10 May 2021 adopted
19 Sep 2019 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Ecuador
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

26 May 2021
adopted

Implemented Law on the Protection of Personal Data including data protection rights

On 26 May 2021, the “Law on the Protection of Personal Data” of Ecuador entered into force. The law gives Ecuadorian residents the right to access, rectify, oppose and eliminate records of personal data, in addition to the right to data portability.…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
10 May 2021
adopted

Adopted data protection law with personal data user rights

The Ecuadorian National Assembly adopted the Law on the Protection of Personal Data. The adopted law gives Ecuadorian residents the right to access, rectify, oppose and eliminate records of personal data, in addition to the right to data portability…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
19 Sep 2019
under deliberation

Proposed user data rights in new data protection law

The Law on the Protection of Personal Data is introduced into the Ecuadorian National Assembly. If adopted, the law would give Ecuardorian residents the right to access, rectify, oppose and eliminate records of personal data. The law include extrate…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament