On August 8, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI") published Reference Materials to Consider Methods to Create De-Identified Information (source document in Japanese). Given the utilization of big data for the creation and promotion of new services and industry, METI prepared the manual as guidance for the industry to create De-Identified Information under the new rules established under the amended Personal Information Protection Act.
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