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Japan: Draft Interim Report on Review of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
The Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003)(“APPI”) is reviewed periodically in accordance with its supplementary provisions. As part of this regular review process, during June and July 2024, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (“PPC”) conducted a public comment procedure for the “Interim Report of the Triennial Review of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information” (“Interim Report”). This newsletter provides an outline of the draft Interim Report (“Draft”) that was subject to the public comment procedure.The Draft states that the Interim Report summarizes the PPC’s current approach to review of the APPI, based on discussions and studies to date. The Draft indicates the PPC’s willingness to continue discussions with...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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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.