House Passes Bill on the Amendment to the ITE Law

On 27 October 2016, the House of Representatives (“House”) finally passed the Bill (“Bill”) on the Amendment to Law No. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik- “ITE Law”). [1] In essence, the Bill aims to accommodate recent developments relating to electronic information and transactions which have evolved since the original ITE Law came into force. [2] The Bill does this by amending a number of the ITE Law’s provisions, specifically ones which address the following matters: