Once again, I emphasize, never share our personal data, such as addresses and others
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga cautioned women and parents to desist from sharing their family's personal data, including of their children, on social media to prevent crimes stemming from such information disclosure.

"Once again, I emphasize, never share our personal data, such as addresses and others," Puspayoga stressed during an online discussion "Being Aware of Social Media Crime to Strengthen Family Resilience" here on Saturday.

The minister also advised every parent to be careful in sharing photos on social media. She reasoned that information and photographs uploaded on social media can lead to the crimes, such as child abduction or abuse.

"Recent child abductions and abuses originated from parents' social media posts containing children's data and images," Puspayoga explained.

The minister emphasized the need for both parents and children to understand the risks of using the internet, frequent modes of crime, protection tools, and ways to protect oneself from cybercrimes.

Puspayoga called on parents and children to comprehend the importance of ensuring privacy on the internet, as what had been uploaded would be difficult to remove and prone to abuse by perpetrators across the world.

"We must ensure that children use the internet under the prevailing regulation, such as complying with the minimum age criteria for the use of social media," she pointed out.

Furthermore, the minister cited research that showed some 87 percent of Indonesian children had used social media before the age of 13.

"This becomes a cause for concern and to this end, parents should strengthen their family's resilience and build positive and warm relations in a family," Puspayoga remarked.

Meanwhile, the law that aims to protect personal data is still in draft form. On Friday, Dec 3, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics spoke of its focus on disseminating information on the Personal Data Protection Bill to the community.

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Translator: Aditya R, Kenzu T
Editor: Sri Haryati
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