Data Protection of Covid-19 Patients
Rifany Arbita Lubis, Tengku Keizerina Devi Azwar

Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan-Indonesia

Abstract

The regulation regarding the legal protection of personal data has not been specifically elaborated in the laws and regulations in Indonesia. Causing two views, The first view that data of positive Covid-19 patients should be disclosed so that residents can keep social-distancing and prevent the transmission, second view that the personal data of the Covid-19 patient are confidential information or ^exempt information^ as regulated in the Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information. This is normative legal research with the aims of providing a legal opinion regarding the legal protection of Covid-19 patient personal details to prevent them from social punishment. The findings show that the personal details of some Covid-19 patients are disclosed for public information. Consequently, the patients suffer from the social punishment that endangers their personal life and makes their immediate family as well as relatives of being ostracized. The findings suggest that there must be strict regulations regarding the legal protection of Covid-19 patient personal details so that they can securely be protected by the law since the legal protection of personal details is one of the basic human rights that must be protected by the law.

Keywords: Legal Protection, Personal Data, Covid-19

Topic: Human Rights