After extensive discussions and multiple changes to the draft bill since 2016, the Indonesian House of Representatives passed the draft bill on Personal Data Protection on 20 September 2022 (“Personal Data Protection Law”).

The Personal Data Protection Law will be the basis of the regulations on personal data protection and this advisory highlights the key provisions.

Since the discussion of the draft bill in 2016, the Indonesian House of Representatives has passed the draft bill on Personal Data Protection (“Personal Data Protection Law”) as the regulatory framework for the personal data of a person which is identified or can be identified separately or in combination with other information either directly or indirectly through electronic or non-electronic systems (“Personal Data”).