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Fight against data localization makes some progress as Japan pulls US, EU together

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( October 29, 2019, 09:48 GMT | Insight) -- As data localization rules spread from China to Vietnam to India, Japan's privacy regulator has been working with some success to form an alliance with the European Union and the US in an attempt to confront it and government access to personal data in cross-border data flow rules. The Personal Information Protection Commission in May helped to set up a trilateral framework on free and secure data flows with the EU and US. After four meetings, officials from the three jurisdictions agreed on some specific tasks to move the idea of free data flows with proper privacy protections and restraints on state access towards becoming a global norm, MLex understands.As data localization rules spread from China to Vietnam to India, Japan's privacy regulator has been working with some success to form an alliance with the European Union and the US in an attempt to confront it and government access to personal data in cross-border data flow rules. ...

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