Our Data Are Everywhere

Speaking to Tempo reporters Sapto Yunus, Mahardika Satria Hadi and Nur Alfiyah, Zudan touched upon many matters—from the population data management, hacking threat, the scope of electronic ID card, cooperation opportunities with the private sector for use of the population and civil registration data to the importance of personal data protection. Dukcapil’s data is the fourth largest big data in the world after the data of China, India and America in line with the population size. Our data center was built in 2004 and the electronic ID card data center in 2010. From the beginning, the electronic ID card data were stored at the data center in Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara, next to the home affairs ministry. Then using biometric scanning, the applicant’s data were cross-checked with the e-KTP card data bank.