JAKARTA – Commission I of the DPR invited the Minister of Communication and Digital (Menkomdigi) Meutya Hafid to the Parliament to discuss the reciprocal trade agreement or Agreement on Reciprocal Trade/ART between the Indonesian government and the United States which is a public discussion, especially regarding the personal data of the people of the country. He revealed that the government and the DPR were still studying the agreement.
“We were invited by the leadership of Commission I of the DPR, then discussed or had ambitions regarding the Reciprocal Trade Agreement, especially related to digital, especially related to data transfer. So we say that this ART will only apply after there is ratification in the DPR. The government will definitely ratify this first in the DPR. Then from the ratification, wait another 90 days,” said Meutya after a meeting with Commission I of the DPR at the DPR building, Jakarta, Monday, May 18.
“So this is still under discussion, the details will be further explored, including input from the DPR in the ratification process of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement,” he continued.
However, Meutya emphasized that the reciprocal trade agreement (Agreement on Reciprocal Trade/ART) between the Indonesian government and the United States (US) does not include the transfer of Indonesian population data to the US. According to him, the trade agreement between the Indonesian government and the United States only regulates the governance of data flows related to digital trade or digital ecosystem activities.
“So there are two, two things. The first, it needs to be noted in ART, namely article 3.2 which states the exchange, and inidigital tradeya. So only in the prosestradeaja. It’s not true that the government then transfers the population data, that’s not right,” said Meutya.
Based on the trade agreement, Indonesia is asked to provide certainty regarding the transfer of personal data to the US by recognizing that the US has an equivalent protection standard.
The agreement between the two countries also states that the data transfer process remains in compliance with the laws in force in Indonesia, in this case the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (PDP Law).
“Well, within the framework of a company with a company exchanging data, this is indeed possible. But specifically for article 3, it is written exactly that this will still be subject to the PDP Law,” he said.
“Well, the readiness we discussed was also about the PDP institution, the government continues to coordinate internally, especially Kemkomdigi, Sesneg, PAN-RB, so that the formation of the PDP body can be accelerated,” continued Meutya.
Meutya emphasized that there was no specific target regarding the discussion. “This is because it is cross-cutting, not only at Kemkomdigi, later we will report further,” he said.
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