On March 10, the Cabinet submitted a bill to amend the Personal Information Protection Act (source document in Japanese) to the Diet. The major changes proposed by the amendments include (i) the establishment of a privacy commissioner; (ii) expanding the definition of the personal information; (iii) new rules on utilizing anonymous personal data; (iv) applicability of the Act to foreign entities; and (v) new regulations on the extraterritorial transfer of the personal data.
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