Erick Thohir: Calm Down, The Government Guarantees The Confidentiality Of Data On COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients

Minister of BUMN, Erick Thohir. (Photo: BNPB)

JAKARTA - State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir said the government would use a centralized data system in carrying out the COVID-19 vaccination program. Later, there will be two SOEs involved, namely PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) and PT Bio Farma.

Furthermore, Erick said the government would guarantee the data used as the basis for vaccination. He emphasized that the data belongs to the government and there is no interference from other parties.

"Again I emphasize, this data belongs to the government. We are from BUMN, Telkom, Bio Farma, as an aggregator to keep the data recorded properly. So this is not ours, but belongs to the government," he said, in a webinar, Tuesday, November 24. .

Erick said that Telkom and Bio Farma will protect the personal data of the people who receive the vaccine. Therefore, he dares to guarantee that personal data will not be misused.

"Because personal data cannot be the public domain or belong to a company, therefore we have guarded our confidentiality from the start and therefore I emphasize that we help and data belongs to the government," he said.

In addition, Erick also said that his party would try to carry out this task as transparently as possible.

"We are very open to input and questions so that we can continue to improve it, so that when the vaccine arrives and there is a process from BPOM and the Ministry of Health for vaccination, everything goes well," he said.