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 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)