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AI regulation in Ecuador

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 1 instrument · 1 binding

Overview

Ecuador's National Assembly has been considering an Organic Law for the Regulation and Promotion of Artificial Intelligence (introduced 2024) that would set a risk-based framework, and the Ministry of Telecommunications published an AI policy framework in 2025; the Personal Data Protection Law (2021) and its Superintendency apply to AI processing personal data.

What is the current regulatory status?

AI bill under consideration; data-protection law applies; national AI policy in development.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: Draft Organic Law on AI. Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

Key policy instruments

Ecuador Bill Proposed Binding

Draft Organic Law on AI

Proyecto de Ley Orgánica de Regulación y Promoción de la Inteligencia Artificial

The draft organic law proposes principles for AI (human-centric, transparency, non-discrimination, safety), a risk-based classification with prohibited and high-risk uses, obligations for developers and deployers, a national AI authority and sanctions, drawing on the EU AI Act and UNESCO recommendation.

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

No change events recorded yet.

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
  3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador
    Asamblea Nacional · Tier 1 source

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