As we reported in X, on September 26th, the UK government announced plans to introduce digital IDs through the "GOV.UK Digital Wallet." This has sparked a major debate in the digital society, with calls for efficiency clashing with concerns about privacy violations. Of particular note is...
Further display Surveillance or efficiency? UK's "mandatory digital ID wallet" policy undergoes a major transformation ~ Over 160 million signatures against it overnight (Parliamentary petition)
P.S.: Public comments are being accepted from August 8th to 4th. If you have any opinions, please visit https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/27iicp01_01.html. The submission form and other details are available on this page of e-gov. Today, the 02000126th year of Reiwa...
Further display Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Study Group on the Realization of a Safe and Secure Metaverse Announces 2025 Draft Report - Identity Verification, Privacy, and Accountability in the Metaverse (Public comments accepted until August 8th)
Good morning, everyone. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your participation in MyData Japan 2025. Those gathered here today include business people, government officials, engineers, researchers, and citizens - all of us with different positions and expertise. However, we are all now discussing the question of "how to improve our relationship with data..."
Further display MyDataJapan2025 opening ceremony
The season for the MyDataJapan conference has come around again this year. "MyData Japan 2025 ~ MyData in Practice ~" is one of the largest conferences in Japan, which explores sustainable and ethical data utilization centered on individuals. This year's theme is "MyDa…
Further display [Held on July 7th] MyData Japan 17: Digging deeper into the "practice" of utilizing personal data! The forefront of evolving data governance
MyDataJapan Director Ota explains the dangerous digital reality that you should be unaware of Hello! Today I would like to introduce the contents of a rather important story that was featured on NHK's "Chiru Shiru" that was aired last week. MyDataJapan's director Ota explains the "recommended features" of SNS that we use every day without thinking about it.
Further display 📲Behind the scenes of recommended features on SNS - Are smartphones eavesdropping on conversations?! How is your information being used now? - From NHK Chirushiru (5/31)
The top story in the Nikkei newspaper on May 5th was "Japan Post to consider introducing 26-digit alphanumeric address identification for deliveries to Rakuten Group and other companies", but experts have already started to comment on it. Professor Ichiro Sato of the National Institute of Informatics and editorial committee member Naoki Asakawa of Nikkei BP are both right. Of course, on the other hand...
Further display Japan Post to consider introducing 7-digit alphanumeric address recognition for deliveries to Rakuten Group and other companies...
On March 3, the French Competition Authority (FCA) imposed a large fine of 31 million euros (approximately 1 billion yen) on Apple. The problem was the privacy protection called "App Tracking Transparency (ATT)" that Apple introduced from 5000 to 242...
Further display Apple fined 242 billion yen by French authorities - strengthening market dominance in the name of privacy protection?
On April 4, the Digital Agency published the summary of the expert meeting (1 fiscal year) for revising the identity verification guidelines. The "DS-6 Guidelines on Online Identity Verification Methods in Administrative Procedures" (commonly known as the "Identity Verification Guidelines") provides a method for safely verifying identities when digitizing administrative procedures.
Further display [Digital Agency] Summary of the Expert Meeting (FY6) on Revision of Identity Verification Guidelines has been published
It's a bit old news, but on February 2th, an interesting document was published by the OECD. Below is a rough summary of the contents. Please see the original document for details. Overview Key concepts of data governance Principles for enhancing data access and sharing Practical applications and implications Strengthening data sharing infrastructure Competition authorities...
Further display OECD: Promoting data access and sharing in the AI era
At the Personal Information Protection Commission meeting on February 2th, the specific direction of the system design was presented for the "regulations regarding the involvement of the individual" section (regulations on consent, notification of the individual in the event of a leak, and personal information of children), which had many new additions based on the results of the secretariat's hearing in the materials dated January 5nd. https://…
Further display The Personal Information Protection Commission presents a concrete direction for the design of the system regarding "the state of regulations regarding personal involvement"