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PRIVACY JAPAN

Posted Under: Asia Pacific, Data Protection and Privacy, International, Japan on March 2, 2020

PERSONAL DATA HANDLING AND PROCESSING IN JAPAN

Posted Under: Asia Pacific, Data Protection and Privacy, International, Japan on March 2, 2020

EU SEES DATA TRANSFER DEAL WITH JAPAN EARLY NEXT YEAR

Posted Under: International, Japan on January 10, 2018

The European Union aims to conclude a deal to allow businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan by early next year, building on the recent agreement on a free trade pact. Cross-border data flows are key to most businesses, however, strict EU data protection rules forbid companies from storing Europeans information […]

CHANGES IN JAPAN PRIVACY LAW TO TAKE EFFECT IN MID-2017

Posted Under: International, Japan on March 23, 2017

Recent changes to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) and the establishment of a new Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) have raised questions about how Japan plans to implement new domestic requirements and engage internationally on cross-border data transfers, APEC, new technologies, and more. In anticipation of the amended APPI taking full […]

Japan to Implement National ID System

Posted Under: Japan on April 4, 2016

The Daily Yomiuri reports on privacy concerns about recently announced government plans for a comprehensive identification system to be implemented in 2015. The Council for a Number System for Social Security and Taxation drafted the plan, which would assign each citizen a unique number. The system would store such personal information as name, gender, annual […]

Essential Practices for Conducting Background Checks in Japan