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Portée et base légale

Portée extraterritoriale
2
Applies to foreign controllers offering goods or services to, or monitoring behavior of, residents of Ecuador; non-residents must appoint an agent in Ecuador.Art. 3 · secondary source · source ↗ Agent requirement from the 2023 Regulation (EY summary).
Base légale
1
Eight bases including consent, legal obligation, contract, vital interests, public interest and legitimate interest.Arts. 7, 9 · secondary source · source ↗
Données sensibles
2
Processing sensitive data is prohibited unless a listed exception applies, such as explicit consent.Arts. 25, 26 · secondary source · source ↗
Enfants
2
Adolescents 15 and over may consent; younger children need a legal representative; ages 12-15 exercise rights through a representative.Arts. 21, 24 · source ↗

Droits des personnes

Droits
3
Information, access, rectification, deletion, objection, portability, suspension of processing, and not to be subject to solely automated decisions.Arts. 12-20 · secondary source · source ↗
Délai de réponse aux demandes
3
Access, rectification, deletion and objection requests answered within 15 days.Arts. 13-16 · secondary source · source ↗
Marketing
1
Data subjects may object at any time to direct marketing, including related profiling.Art. 16(2) · secondary source · source ↗

Gouvernance

DPO requis
1
DPO required for public-sector processing, large-scale systematic monitoring and large-scale processing of special categories.Arts. 48-49 · source ↗
Qualifications du DPO
2
Regulation requires a relevant university degree (law, information systems, communication or technology) and at least five years' experience; public bodies register DPOs with the regulator.Art. 49; Regulation (Decree 904) · secondary source · source ↗ Regulation article number not confirmed.
Enregistrement
2
Controllers must register with and keep updated the National Personal Data Protection Registry.Art. 47(12) · secondary source · source ↗ Registry operation and scope for private controllers not confirmed.
DPIA
2
DPIA required before high-risk processing, including profiling with legal effects, large-scale special categories, and systematic public monitoring.Art. 42 · secondary source · source ↗
Registres
2
Records of processing required; controllers with fewer than 100 workers exempt if processing is occasional, low risk and excludes special categories.Regulation (Decree 904), article not confirmed · secondary source · source ↗
Conservation
1
Data kept no longer than necessary; controllers must set deletion or periodic review deadlines; the regulator may set periods.Art. 10(i) · secondary source · source ↗

Violations

Informer le régulateur
2
Notify the Superintendency within 5 days of becoming aware, unless the breach is unlikely to create risk; processors tell controllers within 2 days.Art. 43 · secondary source · source ↗
Information des personnes
3
Notify affected individuals without delay and within 3 days when the breach risks their rights and freedoms.Art. 46 · source ↗

Transferts

Transferts à l’étranger
2
Transfers allowed to countries declared adequate by the regulator, or with binding guarantees or binding corporate rules; listed exceptions include explicit consent.Arts. 55-58 · source ↗
Localisation
0
No data localization requirement.Not addressed · source ↗

Application

Amende maximale
3
Serious infringements: 0.7% to 1% of prior-year business volume; public servants 10 to 20 basic salaries.Arts. 71-72; SPDP Res. SPDP-SPD-2025-0022-R · secondary source · source ↗ Article numbers not confirmed in text read. Business volume may be local, not global, turnover.
Responsabilité pénale
2
Penal Code (COIP) punishes violation of privacy and unlawful disclosure of database information with 1 to 3 years' imprisonment.COIP arts. 178, 229 · secondary source · source ↗
Action privée
2
Data subjects may sue for damages (Constitution art. 92 habeas data) and must be guaranteed full reparation.Art. 57(c); Constitution art. 92 · source ↗

Scores are our reading on the published rubric, checked 18 October 2026. Not legal advice.

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