Japan: Introduced 2021 Amendment to Act on the Protection of Personal Information (in Digital Society Formation and Transformation Act)
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Introduced 2021 Amendment to Act on the Protection of Personal Information (in Digital Society Formation and Transformation Act)
On 9 February 2021, the draft of the Digital Society Formation and Transformation Act is introduced in National Diet. The Act revises Articles 27 and 50 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI). Particularly, Article 27 addresses …
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2021-02-09
under deliberation
2021-06-12
adopted