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

Bolivia has not implemented a comprehensive 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), pending consideration by the Legislative Assembly.

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

Bolivia is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

According to Art. 29 of Supreme Decree No. 0181, the procurement of goods must be directed towards national production. II. For goods not produced within the country, the entity may procure imported goods.

According to Art. 60 of Supreme Decree No. 0181, the modality for the procurement of goods and services applicable when the amount exceeds BOB 1,000,000 (approximately USD 140,000), allowing the participation of an unlimited number of proponents, is as follows:
i) National Public Call, for contracts exceeding BOB 1,000,000 (approximately USD 140,000) and up to BOB 40,000,000 (approximately USD 5.6 million).
ii) International Public Call, for contracts exceeding BOB 40,000,000 (approximately USD 5.6 million).

According to Art. 30 of Supreme Decree No. 0181, the procurement of goods is subject to specific preference margins and adjustment factors, depending on the modality. Under the Public Tender modality, a 10% preference margin is also granted to domestically produced goods, regardless of input origin, with an adjustment factor of 0.90. If national components make up between 30% and 50% of the production cost, a 20% preference margin is applied, with an adjustment factor of 0.80. When national components exceed 50% of the production cost, a 25% preference margin is granted, with an adjustment factor of 0.75.

According to Art. 31 of Supreme Decree No. 0181, in the procurement of goods and services under the Public Tender modality, a 20% preference margin is applied to the offered price for Micro and Small Enterprises, Associations of Small Urban and Rural Producers, and Rural Economic Organizations. The adjustment factor is 0.80.

It is reported that the bidding process in Bolivia is not transparent, as Government requirements and bidding details are not always defined, and procurement announcements are not always made public. Among other things, none of the state-owned companies in the strategic sectors (including the telecommunications sector) are required to publish tenders through the official procurement website "Sistema de Información de Contrataciones Estatales". In addition, concerns are raised that these state-owned companies are not obliged to follow the procedures established in the national procurement law.

Bolivia is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

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' (that is, joint ventures) in which the foreign investors have less than the 50% of the shareholding, and the State has a majority shareholding.

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' (that is, joint ventures) in which the State has a majority shareholding.