In the midst of revising the Japan Civil Code and the foreign attorney laws, Japan has recently passed amendments to its data privacy law, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”). Some of these changes put Japan’s law closer in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation “GDPR” as to which both … Continue Reading
The European Commission announced on 23 January 2019 that it has adopted an adequacy decision on Japan (its press release can be found here).[1] This is a result of the assessment process which began on 5 September 2018, the background of which can be found in our previous blog here. Japan’s data protection authority, the … Continue Reading
What’s New? On 5 September 2018, the EU Commission commenced proceedings to adopt an Adequacy Decision in relation to Japan’s protection of personal data by issuing a draft ‘Commission Implementing Decision’. This is an important step towards the culmination of discussions between the EU and Japan that were initiated in January 2017, with the aim … Continue Reading
As 2018 picks up steam from its start, we are beginning to see traction in relation to various new regional data privacy and cybersecurity laws. Many of the provisions seem designed to enable countries to seek an EU Adequacy Finding, which is akin to the Privacy Shield provisions between the EU and the US. This … Continue Reading
