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Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003, as amended 2022)

The 2022 amended APPI mandates that businesses report specific data breaches to Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) and notify…

What Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003, as amended 2022) requires

The 2022 amended APPI mandates that businesses report specific data breaches to Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) and notify affected individuals, generally within 72 hours for the preliminary report to the PPC, as stipulated in Article 26. The amendment also introduces the concept of 'pseudonymously processed information', restricts opt-out third-party provisions, and expands extraterritorial application to foreign businesses handling personal data of individuals in Japan.

Pillar: Data Protection & Privacy · Authority: Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC), Japan · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:

Primary source: https://www.ppc.go.jp/en/legal/

SHA-256 integrity: 8d145b3932c31e0837e134dfaddbd54305161c59a44e2f018dae9e47b314e114

Primary Citations — 6 traced to source

  • Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003), Article 26: Report to the Commission and Notification to the Principal in the Case of Leakage, etc.
  • Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003), Article 27, Paragraph 2: Restriction on Provision to a Third Party (Opt-out)

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