AI regulation in Ecuador

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

Instruments at a glance

Native-language names are shown where the record carries one; a blank means the source is in English or the name is not yet recorded.

Latest changes

RSS

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Use cases

AI in public services

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

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

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “AI regulation in Ecuador”. https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/ecuador (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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