- Data Protection
Japan: Regulations Relating to Children’s Personal Information
In Japan, there have been ongoing discussions with respect to the protection of children’s personal information; currently, Japan has no specific rules like those that protect the personal information of children in the EU, UK, California, and some other U.S. states. This newsletter summarizes relevant discussions in Japan, with reference to the “Interim Report of the Triennial Review of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information” (“Interim Report”) issued by Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (“PPC”) in 2024, and the results of the related public comment procedures (“Public Comments”).Unlike laws and regulations in some other jurisdictions, Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) currently does not contain any specific provisions addressing children’s personal information, except for...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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Matthew ONO
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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.