This study examines the legal protection of the confidentiality of statements made by children in conflict with the law during electronic court proceedings. Although this protection is regulated under Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System (JCJS Law) and Law Number 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (PDP Law), in practice, it does not yet fully guarantee the security and confidentiality of children's data in the digital era. Electronic trials utilizing information technology remain vulnerable to data breaches, misuse of recordings, and limited digital literacy among law enforcement officials.

This research adopts a qualitative approach using a non-doctrinal legal research method within a constructivist paradigm. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with judges, legal scholars, and child protection advocates, supported by literature reviews of relevant laws and court decisions. The analysis was carried out using inductive-deductive reasoning through qualitative data reduction, presentation, and conclusion drawing.

The findings reveal that the current legal protection system for children's testimony in electronic trials suffers from weaknesses in three core areas: legal substance, due to unresponsive regulatory frameworks; legal structure, owing to inadequate infrastructure and human resources; and legal culture, which lacks commitment to confidentiality principles and digital ethics. These three dimensions reinforce one another in shaping legal practices that fall short of fully safeguarding children.