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河合 優子
河合 優子

Yuko KAWAI

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Yuko has continuously advised a multitude of global and prominent companies on data privacy issues, including data breaches and security incidents, data privacy structures in the design of their business, cross-border data transfers, global data compliance, data governance and medical/genome data. During her many years of professional practice as a corporate lawyer, she has also conducted transactional and advisory work in cross-border and domestic M&As, joint ventures and business alliances, and general corporate matters for listed companies.
Her recent major books include, “Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2020 and Practical Approaches” (Shojihomu, 2022) and “Corpus Juris Series - Personal Information Protection Legislation (Global)” (Shojihomu, 2020).
She has served as a member of Committee for Promoting Open-data in Public Transportation Sectors, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, as well as a member of Tokyo Data Platform Case Study Project Review Board, Bureau of Digital Services, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

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Education

2013
Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
2000
Keio University (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Member, External Assessment Committee for Fiscal Investment and Loan Program to Mobility DX/GX Businesses, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
Member, Committee for Aviation, at Council for Transportation Policy, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
Co-Chair, KnowledgeNet Tokyo Chapter: International Association of Privacy Professionals
Member, Committee for Local Public Transportation, at Council for Transportation Policy, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
Member, Tokyo Data Platform Case Study Project Review Board, Bureau of Digital Services, Tokyo Metropolitan Government 
Member, "Special Committee on Global Data Governance" of Z Holdings Corporation 
Member, Committee for Promoting Open-data in Public Transportation Sectors, of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 
Statutory Auditor, Association of Genetic Information 
Statutory Auditor, Council for Protection of Individual Genetic Information 
Yahoo Japan Corporation