Abstract
The compliance issues with respect to data protection and the right to privacy have been regarded as a very problematic and complex, and even unintelligible issue. In this paper, I will explain the precise difference between data protection and the right to privacy. Furthermore, I will focus on the raison d’etre of the management system regarding the protection of personal information by considering “privacy by design” (PbD) and “privacy impact assessment” (PIA). With regard to the correspondence of so-called “big data” usage to current legal schemes worldwide, I will introduce the MIC life-log handling principles and smartphone privacy guidelines. Finally, I will offer a solution to the current concerns of the Japanese data protection legal system that will appropriatery address to the above-mentioned issues.
