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Indonesia, EU in talks on digital economy collaboration
The communication minister says that Indonesia's lack of a data protection law was "not a problem" for the EU, as related rules existed across several statutes.
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Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate attends a hearing with the House of Representatives on Oct. 16, 2021 in Jakarta. (Courtesy of Kominfo/-)
Indonesia and the European Union are in talks about improving bilateral cooperation in the digital industry, including digital infrastructure and investments, even though Indonesia’s data protection bill is still stuck in deliberations at the House of Representatives.
Speaking after his meeting with EU Ambassador to Indonesia Vincent Piket on Tuesday over the possibility of digital economy cooperation, Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate said that the absence of a personal data protection law in Indonesia was “not a problem”, as provisions protecting personal data already existed in several regulations, such as the Health Law, the Population Law and regulations on e-commerce.
"Indonesia’s regulations are in line with the European Union, which is allowing [the existing regulations to serve] as a legal umbrella to increase economic cooperation in Indonesia's digital sector," said Johnny.
"Hopefully the [data protection] bill will be completed soon for ease of personal data management, [since] the market and data are moving so fast at present," he added.
Ambassador Piket said the idea of cooperating in the digital industry had arisen in consideration of Indonesia's rapid growth in the digital and the communication sectors, which underlined the need for modern, adaptive legislation for technological developments.
"We believe, from the European Union’s side, we can support Indonesia and the goal we've established [of] a very sophisticated system to structure our digital markets and digital services to promote competition [and] to protect data and privacy rights," said Piket.
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