Govt prepares Cyberlaw

Govt prepares Cyberlaw

JAKARTA (JP): The government expects to finalize the draft of
a new cyberlaw by the end of the year to provide legal assurance
for business and transactions conducted over the Internet,
Director-General of Post and Telecommunications Sasmito Dirdjo
said on Wednesday.

He dismissed calls from local Internet players who asked the
government not to control the development of the Internet
industry and to cancel its plan to make cyberlaws, requesting
that the government amend existing laws on trade and property
rights instead.

"Cyberlaw is needed to deal with security and legal assurance
for people who do business on the Internet. Of course we can
still utilize existing laws such as the trade laws to provide
guidelines for business ethics on the Net," he said.

He said a team of officials from related government offices
were currently working to prepare the draft. (cst)