Current Status and Future Prospects of Handling with Personal Data on Smartphone Applications(<Special Issue>Smart Mobile Innovation)

Abstract

Through smartphone applications provided by global open platform, the personal data acquired without permission issues are occurring frequently. The development in IT industry is growing widely so that the assumption of new business in the future and its risk is getting difficult. It is also hard to handle it by laws and regulations only. With regards to these issues, this paper explains the public private partnerships now in Japan, also indicates the issues of consumer protection, industrial development, globalization regardless of laws and regulations.