Upcoming Amendments To The APPI In 2025

Under a supplementary provision in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (the "APPI"), it is stipulated that a review of the APPI must be made every three years following its implementation. Accordingly, the next amendment to the APPI is due to be made in 2025. On June 27, 2024, the Personal Information Protection Commission (the "PPC"), data protection authority in Japan, released an Interim Summary ("Interim Summary") which summarized the current direction of amendments under consideration for the APPI. Public comments on the Interim Summary were called for between June 27, 2024 and July 29, 2024, and the results of the public comments procedure were released on September 4, 2024.