Laws and Policies

Act on the Protection of Personal Information

• Act on the Protection of Personal Information(The amended Act fully put into effect on April 1, 2022)
  • Act on the Protection of Personal Information(June 2020) (PDF : 457KB)
• Act on the Protection of Personal Information(The amended Act fully put into effect on May 30,2017)
  • Act on the Protection of Personal Information（December 2016, ver.2)(PDF : 207KB)
• Cabinet Order
  • Amendment to the Cabinet Order to Enforce the Act on the Protection of Personal Information(PDF : 205KB)
• Commission Rules
  • Enforcement Rules for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (PDF : 71KB)
  • Supplementary Rules under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information for the Handling of Personal Data Transferred from the EU and the United Kingdom based on an Adequacy Decision(PDF : 177KB)
• Notice, Guidelines, etc.
  • The PPC Secretariat Report on Anonymously Processed Information(PDF : 3800KB)
• Materials
  • Overview of Act on the Protection of Personal Information(PDF : 738KB)
  • Current Legal Framework of the Protection of Personal Information(PDF : 54KB)
  • Handling of personal data for preventing the spread of Novel-Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease
  • Personal Information Protection Commission’s view on effective use of contact tracing App to help deal with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)