LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
NUMBER 11 OF 2008
CONCERNING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND TRANSACTIONS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,
Considering:
a. that the national development is a sustainable process that should at all times be responsive to the
varying dynamic among the public;
b. that globalization of information has placed Indonesia as part of the world’s information community,
therefore the making of regulation concerning organization of Electronic Information and transactions at
the national level is required in order that the development of Information Technology can be carried
out in an optimal, distributive, and widespread manner throughout all levels of society to advance the
intellectual life of people.
c. that very rapid development and advance of Information Technology have contributed to changes in
the people’s life activities in the various field that have had direct effect on the emergence of new forms
of legal acts;
d. that the use and usage of Information Technology must continuously be developed to foster,
maintain, and strengthen the national union and unity under laws and regulations in the national
interest.
f. that the Government of necessity supports the development of Information Technology through
infrastructure of law and its regulation in order that the Information Technology usage is carried out
securely to prevent its misuse with due regard to religious and social‐cultural values of the Indonesian
society;
g. that based on consideration as intended by point a, point b, point c, point d, point e, and point f, it is
necessary to make Law concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.
This version is intended as a convenience for the readers and is a not a substitute for the official text. Source: Bappeda Indonesia
and www.cgap.org.