Insufficient regulation of the digital evidence and its assessment in the criminal process

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Milza Naomi Ortiz-Nivela
Luis Edwin Vega-Pila
Holger Geovannny García-Segarra

Abstract

Digital evidence within a criminal process implies a different assessment than the traditional one, which is why within the present investigation we have analyzed how digital evidence should be treated, analyzed, transferred and safeguarded, capturing all of this in a single chapter within the criminal regulations, in which the correct procedure for the due assessment of digital evidence is indicated and in which cases it will not have procedural validity because it has not been obtained legally and properly, or it has been altered through digital manipulation, all of this under strict adherence to the guarantee of fundamental rights stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador. Digital evidence must follow parameters to be considered within a criminal process, from its chain of custody to the treatment given to it so that it is presented at the appropriate procedural time.

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Ortiz-Nivela, M., Vega-Pila, L., & García-Segarra, H. . (2025). Insufficient regulation of the digital evidence and its assessment in the criminal process. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT, 10(4), 1057-1070. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2025.4.3399
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Author Biographies

Milza Naomi Ortiz-Nivela, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador

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Lawyer given by Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (2023)

Judicial Assistant of the Criminal Unit.

Luis Edwin Vega-Pila, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador

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https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8259-2004

Lawyer of the courts and tribunals of Ecuador given by the Technical University of Loja (2023)

Head of Citations of the PICHINCHA PROVINCIAL COURT (E) 2017 to 2018

Judicial Assistant; Administrative Litigation Court

Certified Mediator by the Judicial Council 2023.

External mediator of the Youth and Justice Foundation Mediation Center since 2023

Candidate for the Assembly for District 3 of the canton of Quito 2024-2025 FRIENDLY MOVEMENT 16

Holger Geovannny García-Segarra, Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador

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https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2499-762X

Lawyer of the courts and tribunals of Ecuador given by the University of Guayaquil (2010)

MSP Legal Advisor

Legal Advisor Sub-Secretary of Lands

Guayas MT Labor Inspector

Public defender

Master in Procedural Law – ECOTEC University (2020)

Sponsorship Lawyer University of Guayaquil

Guest lecturer at ECOTEC

University

Master's Coordinator UBE-Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador from 2023

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