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Government Plans to Automatically Provide Bank Accounts When Citizens Turn 17, What About Customer Consent?
On 8 September 2026, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated the government s plan to provide bank accounts to citizens w...
New Provisions on Housing Financing for MBR under BP Tapera Regulation 1/2026
Introduction On 4 September 2026, the Housing Savings Management Agency ( BP Tapera ) stipulated and promulgated Regulation of the Housing Savings Ma...
NIK to Become a Single Identity, Who Will Safeguard Our Data?
On Tuesday, 8 September 2026, the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) approved the Draft Law (RUU) o...
OJK Regulates Incidental Reporting in the Capital Market, Derivatives Finance, and Carbon Exchange Sectors through PADK 8/2026
Introduction On 4 August 2026, the Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) issued Regulation of the Members of the Board of Commissioner...
“Omnibus Law Plus” for Migrant Workers: A New Solution or Merely a Grand Name?
On Friday, 4 September 2026, the Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI), Mukhtarudin, introduced the idea of Omnibus Law Pl...
Strengthening Planning, Budgeting, and Participation of Persons with Disabilities through Minister of National Development Planning/Bappenas Regulation No. 7 of 2026
Introduction On 7 August 2026, the Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency of the Republic of Indon...
730 MBG Victims: Who Should Be Held Responsible?
On 1 September 2026, hundreds of Islamic boarding school students and schoolchildren in Tanggulangin District, Sidoarjo, experienced health problems a...
Strengthening Social Security Guarantees for Indonesian Migrant Workers through Permen P2MI/BP2MI 9/2026
Introduction On 24 August 2026, the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers/Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers enact...
As Digital Criticism Intensifies, Government Proposes ID Cards for Social Media Accounts
On Tuesday, 1 September 2026, Head of the Indonesian Government Communications Agency (Bakom RI), Muhammad Qodari, put forward a proposal concerning t...
Technical Regulation on Personal Data Protection and the Obligations of Controllers and Processors Finally Issued through Government Regulation No. 33 of 2026
Introduction On 16 July 2026, the Government enacted Government Regulation No. 33 of 2026 on the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 27 of 2022 on Pers...
MK Limits Evergreening of Pharmaceutical Patents, but Not All Parties May Challenge Them
The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi or MK ), through Decision No. 255/PUU-XXIII/2025 pronounced on Friday, 28 August 2026, partially grante...
PP 38/2026 Transfers Control of SOEs to BP BUMN and Danantara
Introduction On 21 August 2026, the Government issued and enacted Government Regulation Number 38 of 2026 concerning the Management of State-Owned Ent...
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