On October 4, the Personal Information Protection Commission released draft Guidelines Concerning Personal Information Protection Act (General Rules) (source document in Japanese) for public comments. The Commission aimed to unify existing ministerial guidelines under these new procedures and also released a set of specific draft guidelines, including: (i) draft guidelines regarding the provision of personal data to a foreign third party; (ii) draft guidelines regarding verification and documentation obligations related to the transfer of data to third parties; and (iii) draft guidelines regarding de-identified information (all source documents in Japanese).
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