Japan: APPI revisions seek to support digitalisation
Takuya Hasegawa of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explain how the proposed amendments to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information will improve the efficiency of data usage throughout Japanese industries
March 15 2021
The Japanese government has recently been pursuing an aggressive legislative agenda to ensure Japanese laws are in step with the rapid digitalisation occurring in Japanese society.
On February 9 2021, the Japanese cabinet submitted drafts of six acts related to digitalisation reform to the National Diet, comprised of the Basic Act on the Formation of a Digitalized Society (to replace the Basic Act on the Formation of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society) and other related statutes. Among them is the draft of the Act on the Amendment of Related Laws for Formation of Digitalized Society (the Act).