T The pursuit of immortality appears to have found renewed optimism through the development of digital immortality technologies, which have demonstrated the capacity to resurrect individuals, albeit in the form of virtual entities. This phenomenon warrants critical examination, given that its realization is largely contingent upon the availability of personal data belonging to the individual being resurrected. Such data, inherently personal in nature, necessitates robust legal safeguards, particularly as it is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to the digital footprints left by the individual during their lifetime. The research utilizes a normative juridical approach, coupled with statutory, casebased, analytical, and comparative approaches, this article seeks to offer a preliminary analysis of the preparedness of Indonesia’s legal framework in responding to this emergent issue. Both Law Number 19 of 2016, which amends Law Number 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (UU ITE), and Law Number 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (UU PDP) have yet to explicitly address the legal protection of personal data belonging to deceased individuals
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