Japan Approves Legal Amendment: Allows the Use of Sensitive Personal Information for AI and Statistical Analysis

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Golden Finance News reported that on Friday, Japan’s National Diet passed the revised Personal Information Protection Act, allowing companies to use sensitive information without the individual’s consent. This move is intended to promote the development of Japan’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry. The amendment approved by the House of Councillors highlights a key challenge: how to ensure privacy protection while enabling developers to obtain the massive amounts of data needed for AI development. Information collected via social media and other platforms for purposes such as AI or statistical analysis may include sensitive content such as race, medical records, and criminal records, but the data must not identify specific individuals. The revised law introduces a penalty mechanism targeting data misuse. For companies that obtain or use personal information of more than 1,000 people improperly, they will be fined an amount equivalent to the profit earned from using that information. The Japanese government is working to advance domestic AI development, and businesses are increasingly calling for the relevant data protection rules to be relaxed. Japan’s National Diet also passed related legislation that allows the government to provide data to private enterprises and research institutions for developing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. (Kyodo News)
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