The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM)

The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) is a civil society organisation that works to enhance the democratic political order in Indonesia by empowering civil society. Founded in 1993, it actively participates in efforts to promote human rights through policy and legal research, advocacy, and training.

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http://elsam.or.id/

Advocacy

Open Letter to Facebook and Google

Privacy International is part of a 60+ coalition calling on Facebook and Google to provide equal and better transparency regarding political advertising on their platforms globally.

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The regulation of online political ads in Indonesia

PI spoke to partner ELSAM about their research on the regulation of online political ads in Brazil, obstacles to online ads transparency, and coming challenges.

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Podcast: Data exploitation in reproductive rights in Indonesia

PI's Reproductive Rights and Privacy Project speaks with Lintang Setianiti and Miftah Fadhli from the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) in Indonesia about reproductive rights in the country.

Advocacy

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An open letter to Google

Privacy International and over 50 other organisations have submitted a letter to Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai asking Google to take action against exploitative pre-installed software on Android devices.

Advocacy

Lettre ouverte à Google

Privacy International et plus de 50 autres organisations ont soumis une lettre au PDG d'Alphabet Inc., Sundar Pichai, demandant à Google de prendre des mesures contre les logiciels préinstallés sur les appareils Android qui exploitent les données des utilisateurs.

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Graphic illustrating that good cyber security means security for one is security for all

Filling the gaps on the understanding of cybersecurity and human rights across the world

The pressing need to fix our cybersecurity (mis)understandings Despite all the efforts made so far by different, cybersecurity remains a disputed concept. Some states are still approving cybersecurity laws as an excuse to increase their surveillance powers. Despite cybersecurity and cybercrime being

State of Privacy

State of Privacy Indonesia

A study of privacy and surveillance issues in Indonesia. The State of Privacy project was last updated on January 2019, unless otherwise provided on specific pages.

Advocacy

Submission on Indonesia's Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data, 2018

Since 2014 the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MOCI) has been proposing that the Parliament passes a comprehensive data protection law. A first draft data protection law was issued by the Government for public comment in 2015 but no progress was made, and then in early 2018

News & Analysis

Will New Government In Indonesia Bring About Surveillance Reforms?

Late last year, the newly-elected government of Indonesia began to take steps which are almost unheard of today: reforming government communications surveillance powers. The much-needed development, on the back of the victory of President Joko Widodo, comes at a critical moment in the country's

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