Comparative analysis on the protection of personal data in Ecuador

Abstract

The Organic Law on the Protection of Personal Data of Ecuador, approved on May 26, 2021, allows a comparison to be made with its counterparts in other countries on the continent, the planned objective of this research is to analyze and contrast the studies: “Security obligations in the processing of personal data in Chile: current scenario and pending regulatory challenges”, authored by: Carlo Benussi Díaz; the article: “The management of Information Security in the Peruvian Personal Data Protection regime” by Francisco Javier Alvarado; the “Evolution of the right to personal data protection in Colombia with respect to international standards”, by Marcela Rojas Bejarano and the Personal Data Protection Law in Ecuador, applying the analytical method, which involves decomposing each of the texts into its essential parts to understand them in a comprehensive, deep and critical manner, concluding that information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), impact the analysis and decision-making of the different legal systems, for which nations are invited to more collaborative and cooperative work, to minimize the risks of data exposure, while safeguarding the personal information of its citizens.