Act on the Protection of Personal Information APPI

Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 30 May 2003, Japan) — the APPI, Japan's data protection act covered by the 2019 EU adequacy decision, as amended by Act No. 37 of 2021; the Japanese Law Translation portal's English translation (the export is labelled partly unenforced for the pieces of that amendment not yet in force, and carries no supplementary provisions — the Japanese variant is authoritative)

EN · 57/2003 JA · 57/2003

Jurisdiction

Japan

Type

regulation

Revision

57/2003 (2003-05-30)

Publisher

National Diet of Japan

Domains

Data privacy

License

No copyright (Japanese Copyright Act, Article 13(iv)); JLT Terms of Use apply

Source format

application/xml

Source

https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241

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