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The subject of information law research is ever expanding. What has spurred it is the Personal Information Protection Commission (abbreviated PPC), which was established on January 1, 2016, by reorganizing the former Specific Personal Information Protection Commission (abbreviated SPIPC) set up on January 1, 2014.
The PPC has been in charge of monitoring and supervision regarding the proper handling of personal information as well as specific personal information (my number). Information created or acquired by the PPC is publicly available on the website in principle, so it is possible to use them for research.
Here, let me take the specific personal information protection assessment (SPIPA) as an example. This corresponds to privacy impact assessment (PIA) implemented in foreign countries. Although not incorporated in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) (Personal Information Protection Act), the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify Specific Individuals in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013) (My Number Act), introduced the specific personal information protection assessment from the beginning.
The SPIPC made rules, policies and guidelines of the SPIPA under the My Number Act in 2014. They have been very useful in implementing the SPIPA and will contribute to adoption of a system of the PIA in the Personal Information Protection Act in the near future.
