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No mention of the subject rignt related to Citizens outside their jurisdiction
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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Not definition of data subjects
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Data protection appointment officer | DataGuidance
Information on data protection appointment office - JPN
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No mention of the subject rignt related to Persons within their jurisdiction
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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Not definition of data subjects
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Data protection appointment officer | DataGuidance
Information on data protection appointment office - JPN
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No mention of the subject rignt related to Legal entities
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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Not definition of data subjects
2021
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Data protection appointment officer | DataGuidance
Information on data protection appointment office - JPN
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"The APPI applies extraterritorially when an overseas PIC which has obtained personal information of a
principal in Japan in relation to its provision of goods or services provided to a principal in Japan and
handles that personal information, or any anonymised information created from it, in a foreign country."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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"The APPI applies extraterritorially when an overseas PIC which has obtained personal information of a
principal in Japan in relation to its provision of goods or services provided to a principal in Japan and
handles that personal information, or any anonymised information created from it, in a foreign country."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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"Data controller: Data controller is not defined by the APPI. A personal information controller ('PIC') is a
business operator using a personal information database for its business. (The verbatim English translation
is 'business operator handling personal information').
Data processor: Data processor is not defined by the APPI but for the purpose of this note and for ease
of reference for readers who are familiar with the concept in other jurisdictions, it is an entity which a
PIC 'entrusts the handling of personal data in whole or in part within the scope necessary for the
achievement of the purpose of utilisation' (e.g. entrusting personal data to a service provider such as a
cloud computing service provider or a mailing service provider for the purpose of having them provide
the PIC with the services). The PPC has recently clarified in its Q&As that a data processor is a PIC, provided
that if a cloud service provider has no access to the entrusted Personal Data stored on its computer
server, it is not a data processor and is thus not a PIC."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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Data controller: There is no definition of 'data controller' under the APPI. A 'personal information con_x0002_troller' ('PIC') is a person providing a personal information database etc. for use in business (Article 2(5)
of the APPI).
Data processor: There is no definition of 'data processor' under the APPI
2021
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Data protection appointment officer | DataGuidance
Information on data protection appointment office - JPN
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The APPI Guideline stated that whether measures are
mandatory depends on the material nature of the potential damage that may be suffered by data sub_x0002_jects in the event of a data breach, the size and nature of the business, and the general nature of the
data handling (including the nature and volume of data handled)
2021
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Data protection appointment officer | DataGuidance
Information on data protection appointment office - JPN
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Global Data Security Handbook
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"You must identify and rely on a legal base before collecting and handling personal data. These legal bases include āconsentā, ācontractā ālegal obligationā, āpublic interestā and āinterest of data subjectā."
2023
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Japan data protection law (APPI): Everything you need to know
Information on APPI
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"You must identify and rely on a legal base before collecting and handling personal data. These legal bases include āconsentā, ācontractā ālegal obligationā, āpublic interestā and āinterest of data subjectā."
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Japan data protection law (APPI): Everything you need to know
Information on APPI
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"Criminal and non-criminal fines can be issued by a Court."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"Non-criminal fines up to JPY 100,000 (approx. ā¬740) may be issued to a person that has violated Article 30(2) or Article 56"
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"Both the GDPR and the APPI provide for monetary penalties to be issued in case of non-compliance. However, the nature of the penalties differs, it being administrative under the GDPR, and criminal as well as non-criminal under the APPI."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"Article 84 A personal information handling business operator (or its director,
representative or administrator if it is a corporate body (including a noncorporate body having appointed a representative or administrator; the same
shall apply in Article 87, paragraph (1)), its employee, or a person who used to
be such a business operator or employee shall, when having provided or used
by stealth personal information database etc. (including their wholly or partially
duplicated or processed ones) that they handled in relation to their business for
the purpose of seeking their own or a third partyās illegal profits, be punished by
imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than
500,000 yen."
2020
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"The APPI recognises that principals may file a lawsuit for violations of the APPI. The APPI specifically addresses the scenario in which a lawsuit is filed in connection with
the right to disclosure, correction, and to cease utilisation."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"Article 84 A personal information handling business operator (or its director,
representative or administrator if it is a corporate body (including a noncorporate body having appointed a representative or administrator; the same
shall apply in Article 87, paragraph (1)), its employee, or a person who used to
be such a business operator or employee shall, when having provided or used
by stealth personal information database etc. (including their wholly or partially
duplicated or processed ones) that they handled in relation to their business for
the purpose of seeking their own or a third partyās illegal profits, be punished by
imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than
500,000 yen."
2020
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"The APPI does not contain PIAs requirements for data processing by PICs. The Use of Numbers Act, however, requires certain administrative and government agencies to conduct PIA's in specified circumstances."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"The APPI and the notification do not include an equivalent provision."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"When a statutory data breach is discovered, a PIC shall notify to the data subject thereof."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"When a statutory data breach is discovered, a PIC shall report certain matters to the PPC regarding the facts of the case and measures to prevent recurrence."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"When a statutory data breach is discovered, a PIC shall report certain matters to the PPC regarding the facts of the case and measures to prevent recurrence."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"The principal may request a handling operator (a) to discontinue the use of, or erase, the retained personal data, and (b) to stop providing the retained personal data to third parties if such use or disclosure is or was made, or the retained personal data in question was obtained, in violation of the APPI. The handling operator must discontinue the use of, or the provision to third parties of, or erase, retained personal data upon the request of the principal if the request has reasonable grounds (Id. Article 35).
In addition, the principal may request a handling operator (a) to discontinue the use of the retained personal data, and
(b) to stop providing the retained personal data to third parties if the handling operator ceases to have any reason to use the retained personal data, a material data breach has occurred, or the right or legitimate interest of the principal may be harmed for any other reason.
However, these obligations will not apply if it will be excessively costly or difficult to discontinue the use of, or to erase, the retained personal data and the handling operator takes necessary alternative measures to protect the rights and interests of the principal."
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ICLG Website
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"While legal problems regarding data portability have been the subject of recent intensive discussions, no specific laws or regulations regarding data portability exist to date."
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ICLG Website
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"Not applicable."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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"8.1. Right to be informed
Collection & use of personal information
A PIC must:
ā¢ not collect personal information by fraudulent or other unlawful means; and
ā¢ notify the principal of the purpose of utilisation prior to the collection of the personal
information unless it has published the purpose of utilisation in advance in a manner readily
accessible by the principal."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"A PIC must make the following items readily accessible to each principal:
ā¢ name of the PIC;
ā¢ purpose of utilisation of personal information retained;
ā¢ the procedure for the principal to require access, correction, etc. of their personal data; and
ā¢ where to complain about the PIHBO's handling of personal data."
2021
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Japan Data protection overview | DataGuidance
(Data Protection Overview 2021)/ DataGuidance reports
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"Principals also have the right to revise, correct, amend, or delete their personal data, and to request the
cessation of use of their personal data if it is used for a purpose other than the one originally stated, or
if it was acquired by fraudulent or other unlawful means. If a principal requests a PIC to cease using
their personal data, the PIC must do so unless the request is unreasonable, or the cessation would be
costly or would otherwise be difficult (e.g. the recall of books already distributed). In this case, the PIC
must take alternative measures to protect the rights and interests of the principal. The PIC must notify
the principal without delay of whether the requested action has been taken, and, if not taken, must endeavour
to explain the reasons why. A principal can enforce its rights to require revision, etc. of its personal
data by civil action if such a request is not complied with within two weeks of being made."
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ICLG Website
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Global Data Security Handbook
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"Unlike the GDPR, the APPI doesnāt have significant restrictions on the processing of ordinary personal data, though data subjects do have the right to ask what data you process and your reasons for doing so."
2022
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APPI vs. GDPR: Comparing Japanās Privacy Law to the EU Regulation
Information on APPI and GDPR
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Global Data Security Handbook
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International Data transfer Agreements | DataGuidance
Comparison of international data transfer agreements
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Global Data Security Handbook
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International Data transfer Agreements | DataGuidance
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Global Data Security Handbook
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This is not in the APPI explicitly and other regulations specify this instead.
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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" The APPI does not include a requirement to appoint a DPO. However, the General Rules Guidelines outline that security measures must be taken for the handling of personal information, the appointment of a person in charge of the handling of personal information and the definition of the responsibilities of that person, being an example of such security measures."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"The APPI does not include a requirement to appoint a DPO."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"The APPI does not include a requirement to appoint a DPO."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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"The APPI does not include a requirement to appoint a DPO."
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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Global Data Security Handbook
BakerMckenzie
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"The APPI does not include a requirement to appoint a DPO."
2022
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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" The APPI does not contain an equivalent provision."
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GDPR vs countries' comparison | DataGuidance
Comparison of GDPR vs countries' data protection laws, definitions etc. - JPN
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Global Data Security Handbook
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Link to reference | Name | Short name | Classification | Jurisdiction | Year of creation |
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| Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) | Regulator | Independant agency | 1947 | |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) | Regulator | Ministry | 2001 | |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) | Regulator | Ministry | 2001 | |
| Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) | PIPC | Regulator | Independant agency | 2016 |
| Financial Services Agency (FSA) | Regulator | Under the government authority | 2000 |
| Legal text name | Original text name | Legislation type | Year signed | Regulation status | In effect since | Latest update initiated | Latest update areas | Latest update signed year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amended Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) | Act on the Protection of Personal Information | General privacy/data protection law | 2003 | Active | 2003 | 2022 | 2023 |