Perlindungan Data Pribadi dalam Penyelenggaraan Pemilu: Tantangan dan Tawaran

Abstract

The development of digital technology provides efficiency in all lines of life, including in the administration of elections. This spirit was later adopted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) by collecting the voters’ personal data and providing information about the election. However, in addition to providing convenience, the use of this technology also come with its own challenges, such as the leakage of election participants’ personal data. In this regards, the DPR has passed Law Number 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (UU PDP). Therefore, legal protection is needed for the protection of the personal data of election participants in 2024. The problems that will be examined in this paper are the challenges faced by the KPU in protecting the personal data of election participants and forms of legal protection for the personal data of election participants in 2024. The method used in this writing is normative juridical by analyzing the PDP Law and collecting literature and literature review. The results in this study conclude that there are 3 challenges faced by the KPU before the PDP Law was passed, which are: the data scattered at every stage of the election administration; the regulations that have not been maximized; and the personal data protection literacy has not become knowledge and awareness among voters, organizers, data participants. Meanwhile, legal protection for the personal data of election participants in 2024 is carried out through PKPU No. 6 of 2021 and the PDP Law.