The "Five Haraguchi Principles for Numbers" have been announced. Principle 1: Numbers are for protecting the rights of citizens. Numbers are for protecting the rights of citizens to receive appropriate social security benefits and various administrative services, and are assigned accurately and safely without duplication or omission.
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Is the Personal Information Protection Act really that lenient?
Well, I had a vague idea about this from the beginning, but it's disappointing to think that it's really that lax. Article 23 of the Personal Information Protection Act reads as follows: Article 23: A personal information handling business entity shall not provide personal data to a third party without the prior consent of the individual, except in the following cases:
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Identity theft case
There was an article in Nikkei Business Online today titled "An extremely absurd case of identity fraud." The story is about a student at Tianjin Normal University named Luo Cai Xia, whose high school classmate used her false identity. There are many such cases in China, but I thought it was a fire on the other side of the river...
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I read a scary article on Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog. According to a Symantech report, the current going rates for buying and selling identity information in the US are as follows: US-issued credit card number (with IVV): US$1-$6 + bank…
Further display Would you sell your personal information for $14?!Biometric authentication for bank ATMs
I heard there was a news report that they will be able to do both palm and finger authentication, but I wonder what it's like. I wonder if they've properly considered the drawbacks of biometric authentication? I think they should stop it. Let's think about why the Department of Defense is using fingerprint reading cards! Also, biometric authentication is not a strong authentication method, especially in that case...
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"Joint Use" of Personal Information
In the email newsletter of Mr. "Optimal Solution," the "shared use" in the Personal Information Protection Act was discussed. This is an important point in practice, so I would like to take it up.
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Today, I went to my koto teacher's house, and he told me that Friday came to his house and said it was disgusting, asking how he found out. When I looked into it, I found that not only his stage name but also his real name, date of birth, and address were listed on the Agency for Cultural Affairs' page. Of course, this information is necessary for the Council for Cultural Affairs, but it should be masked when it is posted on the web...
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What is required for digital identity?
There have been a lot of articles about digital identity circulating recently, but in this blog I would like to jot down whatever comes to mind, from meta-things like what exactly is required of digital identity, to implementation-related topics.
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