On April 1, 2022, Japan’s amended Act on Protection of Personal Information will come into force. Japan’s data protection authority published updated guidelines and Q&As for the amended APPI in August and September, which reveal how the PPC interprets the APPI and how it works as practical regulations for businesses. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto’s Hiroyuki Tanaka and Naoto Shimamura, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, examine the new guidelines and Q&As and assess how businesses should revise their privacy notices.
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