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Apple Fined ¥24.2 billion by French Authorities—Strengthening Its Market Power in the Name of Privacy Protection?
On March 31, the French Competition Authority (FCA) imposed a hefty fine on Apple totaling 100 million and 50 million euros (approximately ¥24.2 billion). At issue was a privacy pr…
【Digital Agency】Summary of the Expert Meeting on Revising the Digital Identity Verification Guidelines (FY6) Published
On April 1, the Digital Agency published the summary of the Expert Meeting on Revising the Digital Identity Verification Guidelines (FY6). “DS-500 Guidelines for Online Identity Ve…
I Received an International Standards Development Award for the ISO/IEC 29100:2024 Privacy Framework
ISO/IEC 29100:2024 Privacy frameworkAs the international editor (Project Leader) of the Privacy Framework, I received an International Standards Development Award. This standard se…
OECD: Enhancing Access to and Sharing of Data in the Age of AI
This is slightly old news, but the OECD published an interesting document on February 5. The following is a broad summary of its contents. Please consult the original document for…
Personal Information Protection Commission presents specific direction for designing rules governing the involvement of individuals
At the Personal Information Protection Commission meeting on February 5, the Commission presented a specific direction for designing rules in the areas concerning “the nature of ru…
U.S. “Kids Online Safety Act” (KOSA) Passes Senate Amid Divided Opinions
On July 30, for the first time since 1998, the U.S. Senate passed a law aimed at protecting children online. In 1998, social networks did not yet exist, and it was long before chil…
I Read Kojiro Murakami’s “A Study Toward a Typology of the Right to Information Privacy”
Kojiro Murakami“A Study Toward a Typology of the Right to Information Privacy” is a peer-reviewed paper that broadly surveys previous theories of the right to information privacy,…
The Next Generation of Information Banks?! Giannopoulou et al., “Intermediating Data Rights Exercises: The Role of Legal Mandates”
Professor Ikukai of Hitotsubashi University highlighted an interesting-looking paper in an X post. https://twitter.com/ikegai/status/1813602566279950338 The paper introduced there…
Digital Agency Authentication App: First-Impression Summary
Last night (June 21), starting at 11 p.m., I held a YouTube Live stream titled “Digital Agency Authentication App: First Impressions.” The idea was to read through the documentatio…
Summary of Personal Information Protection Commission Meeting No. 281, Document 2, “Review Based on the So-Called 3-Year Review Provision of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Approaches to More Substantive Protection of Individuals’ Rights and Interests ③)” (Secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission, April 24, Reiwa 6)
The following is an AI-generated summary by Otia.AI of Personal Information Protection Commission Meeting No. 281, Document 2, “Review Based on the So-Called 3-Year Review Provisio…