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Japan to tighten data-protection law, expand reach to foreign companies

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( November 29, 2019, 09:52 GMT | Insight) -- The Japanese privacy commission today unveiled an outline of amendments to the nation’s privacy law to be revised next year. The Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, is planning to require data-breach notifications, to regulate data-provisions in ad technologies, and to subject foreign companies using the personal data of Japanese citizens for commercial purposes to the regulator’s information requests and orders.The Japanese privacy commission today unveiled an outline of amendments to the nation’s privacy law to be revised next year. The Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, is planning to require data-breach notifications, to regulate data-provisions in ad technologies, and to subject foreign companies using the personal data of Japanese citizens for commercial purposes to the regulator’s information requests and orders....

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