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Japan: the laws your website or app must follow

If your customers are in Japan, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.

How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
  • CheckedChecked automatically on every scan
  • AI reviewLooked for by the AI analysis, reported only with evidence
  • Your answersDecided from your answers to the audit questions
  • PreparedPrepared for you in the report's compliance pack
  • You confirmA scan can't see this; you need to confirm it

APPI

In force; 2022 amendments apply.

Who it covers: Businesses handling personal information of people in Japan.

What it requires of a website or app (8)

  • Specify and publish purposes of useCheckedArt. 17, 21
  • Publicly available matters: business name and address, purposes, request procedures, complaint contactCheckedArt. 32
  • Consent for sensitive (special care-required) informationYour answersArt. 20(2)
  • Security control measuresCheckedArt. 23
  • Report leaks of sensitive data, data risking financial harm, or 1,000+ people to the PPC and individualsCheckedArt. 26
  • Consent and information for transfers to foreign third partiesCheckedArt. 28
  • Disclosure, correction and cessation requestsCheckedArt. 33–35
  • Tell users about external transmission of their data by cookies and similar tagsCheckedTelecommunications Business Act Art. 27-12

Sources:Personal Information Protection Commission

Licensed professionals in Japan

These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.

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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.