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Japan's PPC moves to amend data-protection law with flexible data use

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( January 23, 2025, 05:06 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission is firming up a proposal to amend the country's data-protection law. The commission agreed this week to introduce more flexible rules, such as allowing the use of personal data without user consent for certain artificial intelligence developments that qualify as statistical generation. By incorporating these incentives alongside proposed measures such as administrative fines and consumer litigation, the PPC appears ready to push for changes to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information when the parliament convenes later this week.Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, is firming up a proposal to amend the country's data-protection law. The commission agreed this week to introduce more flexible rules, such as allowing the use of personal data without user consent for certain artificial intelligence developments that qualify as statistical generation....

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