Jakarta, Feb. 28 -- Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid said that recognizing equivalent data security standards between Indonesia and the United States is fundamental to implementing data transfers under the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART).

She stated that the ART agreement reflects the US's recognition that, as the receiving country, its data security standards align with Indonesia's personal data protection regulations.

"For example, almost all European countries already comply with standards for data exchange with Indonesia. The difference lies where the US also wants to be recognized by Indonesia, with security equivalent to Indonesia," she remarked on Friday (February 27).

She assured that data protection in th...