Oleh: Sonny Zulhuda

Ini adalah tema yang saya paparkan dalam Webinar berjudul Rembug Nasional tentang Ancaman Kebebasan Sipil dan Keadilan Sumber Daya Alam yang diadakan oleh Majelis Hukum dan HAM, Pimpinan Pusat Muhammadiyah pada 8 Juli 2020. Hadir memberikan keynote adalah Ketua PP Muhammadiyah Bapak Dr. Busyro Muqoddas, S.H, M.Hum. Dalam sambutannya, Dr. Busyro Muqoddas menyampaikan garis besar berbagai permasalahan hukum dan keadilan di Indonesia dan upaya bersama untuk mereposisi keadilan di Indonesia. “Mari kita kembalikan demokrasi Indonesia ke jalan yang benar,” demikian Dr Busyro yang merupakan Ketua PP Muhammadiyah Bidang Hukum, HAM dan Kebijakan Publik.

Acara nasional ini dimoderatori oleh Dekan Fakultas Hukum Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Dr. Trisno Raharjo, S.H, M.Hum, yang juga adalah ketua MHH PP Muhammadiyah. Terimakasih saya sampaikan khusus kepada sahabat saya Bapak Rahmat Muhajir Nugroho, S.H, M.H sekretaris MHH PP Muhammadiyah dan Dekan Fakultas Hukum Universitas Ahmad Dahlan yang mengontak saya untuk acara ini.

Dalam kesempatan Webinar ini, saya mengetengahkan kaitan hak privasi dan perlindungan data pribadi dengan aspek kebebasan sipil. Memang keduanya memiliki keterkaitan yang sangat erat. Contoh saja, makna dan cakupan hak atas privasi itu dapat diperluas dengan berbagai aspek hak-hak sipil lainnya seperti hak untuk mempertahankan hidup, hak untuk bebas bergeak, hak beropini dan berpendapat serta hak untuk memiliki dan menguasai aset atau properti.

By: Sonny Zulhuda

Today I spoke about the digital ethics (‘adab’ – Indonesian) at a Webinar held by the Muhammadiyah High School IV Depok, West Java. The audience was mostly students, with a few school teachers also participating.

I focused on few issues, prevalent among youth in the cyberspace. That includes hoax, cyber bullying, stalker harassment and social media abuses.

Above all, I emphasised on the need to keep your faith and integrity wherever, whenever you are.

Key takeaways: Q.S Al-Isra’: 36 and Q.S Al-Hujurat: 10-12.

Here is the presentation slides.

By: Sonny Zulhuda

Note: this short article was published by the New Straits Times (NST) Online on Friday, 29th May 2020 at this link.

We were reminded by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (NST, 16 May 2020) to ensure continued education with new methods of online and remote teaching and learning (RTL). He said this must be strengthened as e-learning is the future of education.Teachers and lecturers must develop their skills with this new normal. With necessary skills and knowledge, RTL will not be less fun and interesting. In contrary, being unfamiliar with how technology works may lead to some legal complications. Therefore in conducting RTL, educators also need to take care of those legal risks so as not to end up in a legal mess and potential liabilities.

There are three major legal risks educators and learning institutions need to anticipate in RTL, namely identification, content, and communication.

By: Sonny Zulhuda

As learning institutions are now going massively online due to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, questions arise how “secure” it is technically, operationally and legally for schools and universities to launch and execute their online and remote teaching and learning (“RTL”) activities. For many institutions who have never considered this seriously before, RTL can be a serious challenge, either conceptually or operationally, or both.

This is part of the new norm we are forced to accept, with social distancing and lockdown at various levels are now the norm rather than the exception.

By: Sonny Zulhuda

This post is about a keynote I delivered in an International Webinar organized by Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya. The Webinar went well, attended by a crowd of around 100 Zoomizens (yes, it was on Zoom application).

Even though the theme of this international web seminar was the implications of Covid-19 pandemic crisis over cyber security, other speakers did speak about a wide array of legal topics including the implication on employment law, emergency law, criminal law as well as public international law.

In my presentation, I first highlighted the development of the pandemic in Malaysia including the legal basis of Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia. Next, I observed and assessed the ensuing implications including Policy Implications; Social Implication; and Cyber Security Implication

The social implication includes the following:

• Lesser people on the road and the flocking of people in the cyberspace makes it more attractive hunting ground for cybercriminals.
• More online shopping and online selling, so a better chance to hide their illegitimate and fraudulent transactions by picking popular items such as face masks, sanitizers, vaccines, etc.
• More activities on social media makes it a perfect platform for launching phishing attacks.
• Making use of emotions and curiosity on what is going on, easy to entice attention: e.g. infection data, patients’ personalities, donation drive.

The policy concerns that emerge are: Continue reading “Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis on Cyber Security” →

By: Sonny Zulhuda

Zoom-bombing adalah istilah populer bagi kegiatan sabotase yang dilakukan terhadap aplikasi meeting online yang akhir-akhir ini sedang naik daun yaitu Zoom. Contoh sabotase itu adalah penyusupan seseorang yang ingin membuat onar dan mengganggu jalannya pertemuan.

Dalam beberapa insiden terkini, masalah zoom-bombing bukan pada kelemahan teknis seperti bugs, design dll. Tapi lebih pada penyelenggaraan (governance).

Ibarat mobil dicuri, lebih disebabkan karena mobilnya yang tidak dikunci, atau tidak sempurna nguncinya, atau dikunci tapi duplikatnya ditaruh diluar mobil.

Maka sekadar penekanan untuk kita semua yg mau bikin Zoom meeting, ada bbrp langkah pengamanan a.l:

1. Untuk host, harap mengaktifkan *waiting room* agar bisa dipastikan bahwa yg masuk itu terverifikasi.

Continue reading “Lagi tentang Zoom-Bombing” →

By: Sonny Zulhuda

Data is asset in today’s interconnected world. With the changing digital lifestyle and emerging digital workplace, managing personal data becomes a key trust factor for organisations.

The digitalisation of process and records, mobile workplace concept, synchronisation of gadgets and data, as well as emergence of smart contract have all contributed to this change.

Internally, managing data serves as a critical assets management. Externally, it becomes a shield of legal compliance as well as a key competitive value in a more increasingly regulated environment.

In many parts of the world, Continue reading “Data Protection Ecosystem for Financial Institution” →