Kominfo Ensures Derivative Rules And PDP Supervisory Institutions Will Be Ratified This Month

Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)\

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology expressed its optimism regarding the immediate enactment of the Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP) this October.

Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi even said that the derivative regulations of the PDP Law and also the PDP Supervisory Agency have now been submitted to the State Secretariat (Setneg) for follow-up.

"We have submitted this to the state secretariat, waiting from him-beliau, what is certain is that we Kominfo has prepared, addressing that this is very important to protect personal data to protect public data," Budi said on Tuesday, October 1 at the Kominfo office, Jakarta.

However, if in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 27 of 2022, the PDP Law will take effect on October 17. However, Budi ensured that the formation of derivative PP and PDP Institutions would not delay.

"Oh no (not going to be delayed). Later on, they will have reviewed it, we have all agreed to the Kominfo. There will be a Presidential Decree, just wait, there is still time," he said.

However, he could not confirm whether the derivative rules and the PDP supervisory agency would be present during the Joko Widodo administration or the administration of Prabowo Subianto's new President on October 20.

"We'll see later, because MenPANRB, State Secretariat, and we continue to coordinate about the pattern, we don't want to play games either because protecting personal data is a very important issue for the community, especially in the digital era," concluded Budi.