A Review of Personal Data Protection Law in Indonesia

The importance of protecting personal data issue starts strengthened along with the increasing number of telephone user mobile and internet in Indonesia. Several cases were sticking out, especially those that have a connection with the leak of personal data and leads to fraud or crime, strengthen the discourse on the importance of making legal rules to protect personal data. In Indonesia, the protection of personal data is related to the concept of privacy, which is the idea of safeguarding the integrity and personal dignity. Privacy rights are also an individual ability to determine who is holding their information and how the information is used. Currently, Indonesia’s long-awaited comprehensive draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data has been submitted by President Joko Widodo to the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives on January 24th, 2020. When passed, it will be the first framework legislation on personal data protection in Indonesia. This paper discusses and summarizes the progress of personal data protection based on the law and the regulatory authority in Indonesia. The result shows that there is a lack of explanation of the term data protection authority (DPA) in the final Bill submitted.