Guatemala

Name: Guatemala
Address: GT

Guatemala's Congress approved a cybercrime law in August 2022 whose later status we could not confirm, and a personal data protection bill (Initiative 6464) was still in committee in July 2026.

Dplnews reports that Congress approved the Law for Prevention and Protection against Cybercrime on 8 August 2022 with 100 votes in favour. It defines offences, sets procedural rules for digital evidence and would create a technical response centre for cybersecurity incidents. Whether it was later sanctioned and remains in force was not confirmed from the pages read. Emisoras Unidas reports that Initiative 6464 on personal data protection and digital rights, presented on 29 October 2024, was under analysis by Congress's national security commission on 16 July 2026, and would create a digital protection directorate. We found no data centre or grid information.

AI policy and activity

The pages read mention no AI rules.

Power and grid

No data centre was found for Guatemala in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Law for Prevention and Protection against Cybercrime Read the cited source	Law	Unclear	Reported. Dplnews, 8 August 2022. It reports approval by Congress with 100 votes. It typifies cybercrimes, sets rules for obtaining digital evidence and creates a technical incident response centre. The article reports the vote only; we did not confirm sanction, publication, the decree number or commencement, so the status is unclear.
Initiative 6464, personal data protection and digital rights law Read the cited source	Law	Proposed	Reported. Emisoras Unidas, 16 July 2026. The initiative was presented on 29 October 2024 and was at technical analysis in the national security commission, with discussion of its processing framework in Article 18 and its sanctions chapter. It proposes criminal penalties and a digital protection directorate under cybersecurity oversight. The text has not been passed.

Checked on 3 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.

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ComputeFinder. (2026, October 3). Guatemala: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/guatemala

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@misc{computefinder_countries_guatemala,
  title        = {Guatemala: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0111}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0111},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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