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View all search resultsLaw experts and observers are looking askance at the Indonesian legislature as it announces its 33 priority bills for the year, most of which are holdovers from last year, notwithstanding the legislature’s poor performance that lawmakers blamed on "the pandemic".
Data on almost 3 million users from fintech aggregator platform Cermati.com was leaked and sold online for US$2,200 on Oct. 28, as reported by cybersecurity researcher and consultant Teguh Aprianto via his Twitter account @secgron on Sunday.
Shinto said that several concepts such as the concept of “specific personal data” and “explicit consent” mentioned in the draft were still not aligned with international practices and needed to be reconsidered.
Businesses that manage large quantities of personal data have asked the House of Representatives not to regulate anonymized data in the personal data protection bill, saying that it could hamper their business development.
With Indonesia’s personal data protection bill under deliberation, this is an opportune time for the country to develop a world-class data protection law — one that addresses the gaps in existing regulations and builds a comprehensive and interoperable framework to raise its position as an attractive investment destination.
The government and the House of Representatives have begun the deliberation of the long-awaited personal data protection bill. The proposed bill looks to create a comprehensive regulatory framework to ensure the safety of private data, but critics warn of the potential for abuse of power.
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