Japan:
Diet Passes Amending Bill To Set New Rules To Utilize Personal Information Held By Administrative Organs
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On March 8, the Cabinet submitted a bill (source document in Japanese)
to the Diet to amend the law protecting personal information held
by administrative institutions. These amendments mirror recent
amendments affecting personal information held by the private
sector under the Personal Information Protection Act and set
new rules for private entities to utilize personal information held
by administrative institutions through an anonymization process.
The bill passed the Diet on May 20 and will take effect before
September 2017.
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