Japan:
Personal Information Protection Commission Releases Draft Amendment To Regulations Regarding Adequacy Requirements
14 March 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On December 7, 2017, the Personal Information Protection
Commission released a draft amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of
Personal Information Protection Act (source document in Japanese)
for public comments. The amendment sets forth adequacy requirements
for a foreign country in order to allow the cross-border transfer
of personal data outside Japan without the data subjects'
advance consent. The public comment period closed on January 5,
2018.
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