Recently President Joko Widodo finally issued the long-awaited regulation on the issue of data localization in the new Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia No. 71 of 2019. The new regulation is expected to provide a more flexible approach to data management.

Dentons HPRP's lawyers, Fabiola Hutagalung (Partner), Giani Virginia Rajab (Associate), and Widiarahmi Afiandari (Professional Support Lawyer) have taken a look at the new regulation and highlighting the important points. Apart from provisions on data centres, this note also highlights other material provisions in the new regulation.

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