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Japan to seek legal changes to help companies protect Big Data

( July 28, 2017, 02:50 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's trade ministry will propose changes to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act to help companies better protect Big Data, the Nikkei newspaper reports. Japan's trade ministry will propose changes to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act to help companies better protect Big Data, the Nikkei newspaper reports. Under the current system, companies cannot easily prevent improperly accessed data from being used by other parties because Big Data that are being bought and sold aren't considered trade secrets. The ministry will submit changes to the law next year to allow companies to seek injunctions against the use of these data even if they aren't trade secrets. However, data that are publicly available through company websites, for example, won't be afforded protection. ...

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