Protección de datos personales en la era de la computación cuántica y sus desafíos legales

Yorly Geomar Barzola-Plúas; Delia Paulina Samaniego-Quiguiri; Ronny Alejandro Núñez-Ribadeneyra; Diego Marcelo Bonilla-Morejón

doi:10.55813/gaea/rcym/v1/n3/19

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Published: 2023-08-31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55813/gaea/rcym/v1/n3/19

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quantum computing, personal data protection, post-quantum cryptography, legal challenges, digital privacy

Barzola-Plúas, Yorly Geomar

Universidad Estatal de Guayaquil

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6012-6420

Samaniego-Quiguiri, Delia Paulina

Fiscalía General del Estado

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2051-3431

Núñez-Ribadeneyra, Ronny Alejandro

Universidad Estatal de Bolívar

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-6332

Bonilla-Morejón, Diego Marcelo

Consejo de la Judicatura

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5481-151X

Abstract

The article addresses the emerging challenges that quantum computing poses for the protection of personal data, highlighting its disruptive capacity over current cryptographic systems. Through a systematic literature review based on recent academic sources and institutional documents from agencies such as NIST and ENISA, it critically examines how quantum algorithms, such as Shor's, can breach traditional cryptographic methods such as RSA and ECC. Among the main findings, two central risks are identified: the obsolescence of current cryptography and the threat of massive leaks of sensitive data, even those encrypted today with standards considered secure. The study also reveals legal loopholes and an alarming lack of technical criteria in current regulations, which weakens the legal capacity to anticipate these risks. It concludes that there is an urgent need for a proactive and technologically informed regulatory reform that incorporates post-quantum cryptographic standards and promotes international cooperation. The article highlights the need for interdisciplinary responses to preserve privacy as a fundamental right in the new digital environment transformed by quantum technologies.

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2023): Paradigms in Review from Current Science

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Author Biographies

Barzola-Plúas, Yorly Geomar, Universidad Estatal de Guayaquil

Lawyer of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic of Ecuador, specialized in family law with a solid background in legal sciences and an outstanding trajectory in the defense of rights. His specialization in family law allows him to approach cases with sensitivity and precision, ensuring the best interest of the families and minors involved.

Samaniego-Quiguiri, Delia Paulina, Fiscalía General del Estado

Lawyer of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic of Ecuador, Licensed in Secretarial Management, Master's Degree in Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations at UASB, Master's Degree in Criminal Procedural Law at UNEMI, researcher and writer. I have worked for more than 15 years in the Public Sector, 11 years for the Attorney General's Office in Sucumbíos and Bolívar. I have made several publications on research topics, such as Civil Responsibilities for the mismanagement of public funds; Double taxation and its legal effects in Ecuador; The right to freedom of opinion and expression and its violation as a fundamental right; La explotación sexual comercial infantil, una realidad poco observada en el Estado ecuatoriano, How in constitutional protection, the right to helathy environmente can be guaranteed, Causas que determinan la ineficacia del Código Orgánico de la Niñez y adolescencia en la consecución del objetivo del interés superior de los NNA en la legislación ecuatoriana, Los derechos humanos desde la perspectiva de las poblaciones vulnerables.

Núñez-Ribadeneyra, Ronny Alejandro, Universidad Estatal de Bolívar

As a lawyer enrolled in the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic, I obtained my degree from Bolivar State University in 2019. In addition, in the year 2022, I successfully completed the Master of Laws program with specialization in Criminal Litigation. During my professional career, I have had the opportunity to serve as a teacher at the Institutional Level from 2019 to 2022. Currently, I hold the position of University Professor at the State University of Bolívarde in the Faculty of Jurisprudence, teaching the subjects of Criminal Law II and III, as well as Criminal Procedure Law II. During my career, I have conducted relevant research in the legal field. Some of my contributions include dogmatic-legal studies entitled "The Conventionality of Criminal Law in Ecuador" and "The Crime of Intimidation as a Private Action in the Ecuadorian Organic Integral Criminal Code". In addition, I have had the honor of publishing an academic article entitled "Bibliographical Review of the Crime of Intimidation versus the Substantiation of the Process in the Private Criminal Action" in the prestigious editorial Journal of Science and Research in the year 2023.

Bonilla-Morejón, Diego Marcelo, Consejo de la Judicatura

Professional, who has been formed in the undergraduate as a lawyer, Master in National Prosecution (UNIR), Master in Criminal Procedure Law (UNEMI), and Trainer of Trainers, which has allowed me to achieve knowledge to grow as a person and professional. As a student I worked as a legal assistant working with excellent legal professionals, and then I took a big step to the public sphere, working in the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Sucumbíos, as well as in the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Bolivar, and currently I perform my duties in the Judiciary Council in Bolivar. My desire is to collaborate with the future professionals of the country, where their training must be of quality with warmth, promoting a true education, since the only way in which we can achieve a society of excellence, is through knowledge that must be imparted in the classroom as I have been doing as a university professor at the State University of Bolivar in the different branches of public law, and as an active member of the Ecuadorian Institute of Tax Law.

How to Cite

Barzola-Plúas, Y. G., Samaniego-Quiguiri, D. P., Núñez-Ribadeneyra, R. A., & Bonilla-Morejón, D. M. (2023). Protection of personal data in the age of quantum computing and its legal challenges. Scientific Journal Science and Method, 1(3), 45-57. https://doi.org/10.55813/gaea/rcym/v1/n3/19

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