It is reported that a basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Bolivia's law and jurisprudence.

According to a Communication by the Telecommunications and Transportation Regulation and Supervision Authority (ATT), when acquiring new SIM cards, it is necessary to proceed to fill out the Account Ownership and Mobile Terminal Equipment Registers before the respective operator, providing accurate information and data, in order to identify those responsible for the use of mobile telecommunication services.

It is reported that a basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Bolivia's law and jurisprudence.

The Regulation for Information Security Management of the Financial System Supervisory Authority establishes that documents related to operations, microfilmed, recorded in magnetic and/or electronic media in the financial sector must be kept and remain in custody for a period of no less than 10 years.

Bolivia is one of the few countries in Latin America that does not have a personal data protection law. However, personal data in Bolivia is regulated by the following sectoral laws:
- the General Law of Telecommunications, Information, and Communication Technologies;
- the General Law on Consumer Rights (Art. 40);
- the Financial Services Law (Art. 475);
- the Law of Medical Professional Practice (Arts. 3, 4, 12 and 13);
- the Supreme Decree No. 28168/2005 (Art. 19);
- the Digital Citizenship Law (Art. 12).
There is currently a bill on data protection: Law on Privacy and Data Protection of Citizens in Bolivia (Bill 2019), which is pending consideration by the Legislative Assembly.

Bolivia has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.

The "Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes" (ATT), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Bolivia has only partially attached the WTO Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Bolivia has only partially appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

The country does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, according to Art. 45 of the General Telecommunications, Information, and Communication Technologies Law, accounting separation is mandated since 2011.

According to the Supreme Decree No. 29544, the State of Bolivia nationalized the share package held by the company ETI EURO TELECOM INTERNATIONAL NV in Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones Sociedad Anónima - ENTEL S.A.A. The Bolivian State owns 97.47% of the shares of ENTEL, while the other 2,53% is owned by minority shareholders. In addition, according to Art. 19 of Law No. 516, assets and investments recovered as a result of the nationalization processes carried out by the State for the recovery of natural resources and strategic sectors, may not be privatized under any modality.

According to the Art. 21 of the General Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies Law, Bolivia established passive infrastructure sharing obligation both in fixed and mobile sector.

According to Art. 16 of the Investment Promotion Law, foreign investment in strategic sectors of the State, including in the telecommunications sector, can only be made in mixed capital companies in which the foreign investors has less than the 50% of the shareholding, and the State has a majority shareholding.

Bolivia lacks a comprehensive regime for the protection of trade secrets.

Bolivia has signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty in December 1996, but has not ratified it.