Review of Japan´s privacy policy

Author

Park, K.S.

Author_Institution

Electronics & Telecommun. Res. Inst.

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

21-23 Feb. 2005

Firstpage

419

Lastpage

423

Abstract

The recent trend of growing breaches of personal privacy suggests the urgent need for privacy protection. Legislated by Japan´s General Services Administration in May 2003, the Privacy Act applies to activities dealing with personal information in private industry sectors including the information telecommunications industry. The Privacy Act stipulates the basic policies for the general execution of personal information protection and roles and duties related to privacy management for information telecommunications companies. The Act take effect on April 1, 2005 for information telecommunications industries. This document reviews the contents of the Japanese Privacy Act and seeks to understand the Japanese policy direction regarding privacy protection to address strategic current issues for Korean privacy policies

Keywords

data privacy; legislation; management; telecommunication; Japan privacy policy; Japanese Privacy Act; information telecommunications industry; privacy management; privacy protection; private industry sectors; Business communication; Communication industry; Computer networks; Data privacy; Guidelines; Information management; Law; Legislation; Protection; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2005, ICACT 2005. The 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2005.245892

Filename

1461835