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Natsuka C: Cabinet Secretariat > Social Security and Tax Number System > Personal Information Protection Working Group and Information Collaboration Platform Technology Working Group (2011)

Suddenly, something incredibly nostalgic came up. It's the minutes of the Information Sharing Infrastructure Technology Working Group meetings, which were held from the beginning of 2011. You can access them here. The Personal Information Protection Working Group was established to consider matters concerning the mechanisms of personal information protection in the social security and tax numbering system and the national ID system (hereinafter referred to as "both systems"), and the Information Sharing Working Group was established to consider technical matters common to both systems…

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My Number and Privacy: Identifiers and Excess Risk

In the previous article, "My Number and Privacy: Requirements for Identifiers," I wrote the following. Next, let's consider a hypothetical example: a common number for tax and social security (including pensions). This would need to satisfy the requirements of both a basic pension number and a taxpayer number. In other words, it would require a combination of the "long period" required by pension management and the "broad range" required by taxation. That is, "stable over a long period and broad range"…

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My Number and Privacy: Requirements for Identifiers

Recently, it seems that My Number is being covered more frequently in various media outlets [1]. Setting aside the question of whether it's too late, it's better than not being covered at all. Ideally, I should point out any issues with each article, but unfortunately, I'm extremely busy and don't have the time. Therefore, for those discussing these matters, I'll just mention some general points…

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Regarding storage and linking of the common number/My Number

First, let's look at the following diagram from the Cabinet Secretariat regarding My Number. The "number" represents the My Number. In this diagram, the My Number ("number") is stored in multiple locations: Information Holding Agency A, Information Holding Agency B, and so on. This is quite strange. Because this almost negates the purpose of using the information sharing platform. Should the My Number be stored as a "code" or...