Japan:
Personal Information Protection Commission Releases Draft Cabinet Order And Regulations For Public Comments
05 October 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On August 2, the Personal Information Protection Commission released (source document in Japanese) a draft
cabinet order and a draft enforcement regulation for public
comments. The draft cabinet order defines the term "Individual
Identification Code" as one category of personal information
and lists DNA data, finger or palm print data, passport number, or
basic pension code as Individual Identification Codes. The draft
regulation provides rules for creating and using De-Identified
Information and safeguards for extraterritorial data transfer.
Public comments are due on August 31.
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