By Sonny Zulhuda
Today I have a great pleasure to share with the academia and young people in the Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta on the above topic. Seated as a speaker with me was Prof. Dr. Ibnu Sina Chandranegara from the same institution. The Dean Dr Dwi Putri opened the event with a high hope that students make full use of this seminar and I echo her sentiment to continue the collaboration in future between IIUM and UMJ. The seminar hall was full long before the event started. I congratulate UMJ under the leadership of Rector Prof. Dr. Ma’mun Murod Albarbasy and the deanship of the Faculty of Law for making this international seminar a reality and a fruitful one. My thanks also go to my long-time friend Dr Septa who is currently the Deputy Rector IV of UMJ.
In my two-hour talk, I shared about digital transformation and its challenges as elaborated in the Bali G20 Summit. I highlighted that the current digitalisation has turned to datafication and now further aims at automatisation. But again, in the gist of all these transformations was the data and especially personally identifiable information. I stressed that the PDP law is a game-changer. It seeks to create new norms for the processing of personal data. Later on, I highlighted to them the legal landscape that responds to these transformations, from global, Malaysian and Indonesian perspectives.
After the two speakers finished, the Q&A session went so well. Not less than seven students stood up to ask questions which are both interesting and challenging. One student asked how to enhance youths’ awareness of data privacy risks in social media. Another asked how data protection law is enforced in Malaysia, and following that another student asked if Indonesian data privacy law is capable of being enforced now. Some questions are a little funny, like: ‘Which antivirus is the best in your opinion?’ haha.
Finally, the event finished just before the Zuhor call. The event was enjoyable and full of good conversations. Thank you UMJ for having me.
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