Law note · Indonesia
Law on Personal Data Protection, breach notification
cite Law No. 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection, Article 46
stage IN FORCE in force since 2022-10-17
kind Breach notification
binds private bodies
reviewed 2026-08-29
What it requires
- An app that suffers a failure of personal data protection affecting an individual in Indonesia must give written notification within 72 hours to the affected individual and to the supervisory institution, describing the data disclosed and the remedial measures taken.
When LexLint raises it
processes_biometricsprocesses_voicecrawls_web
What we found
Article 46(1) requires a Personal Data Controller to give written notification no later than 3 times 24 hours (72 hours) to the personal data subject and to the supervisory institution on a failure of personal data protection. The notification must at minimum describe the data disclosed, when and how it was disclosed, and the controller's handling and recovery efforts; in certain cases the controller must also notify the public.