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View all search resultsShinto 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.
The alliance urged the government to issue data privacy regulations that specifically address the PeduliLindungi app and to be transparent about the data breach that occurred in PeduliLindungi’s database.
Financial institutions including mobile payment service providers and peer-to-peer lending platforms have been granted access to the government’s civil registry data to expedite data verification and prevent fraud.
Teleconferencing platforms such as Zoom have become very popular during the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, with companies implementing work-from-home policies. However, people now face the risk of "Zoombombing", a type of cyberattack in which unknown users drop in on Zoom sessions, often uninvited, to disturb the meetings, often by displaying lewd images and messages.
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.
Indonesians have access to a wide range of fintech services without the sufficient financial literacy to take advantage of them or to protect themselves from the risks – and this could disrupt financial sector development in the country.
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