Indonesia parliament passes long-awaited data protection bill

FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her phone while waiting for a commuter train at a platform of station in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a personal data protection bill that includes corporate fines and up to six years imprisonment for those found to have mishandled data in the world's fourth most populous country.

The bill's passage comes after a series of data leaks and probes into alleged breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, from a state insurer, telecoms company and public utility to a contact-tracing COVID-19 app that revealed President Joko Widodo's vaccine records.