Learn in the textbookFramework of the Personal Information Protection Act — Regulated Parties and the Definition of Protected Data
DefinitionThe Personal Information Protection Commission (個人情報保護委員会) is a highly independent national body that oversees how businesses handle personal information under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.
ExplanationIt can require businesses to report or carry out on-site inspections, give guidance and advice as needed, and use recommendations and orders to make violators correct course. It also issues guidelines showing how the law is applied in practice and monitors and supervises the handling of My Number, the national ID number.
AnalogyIt is like a referee in a sports match: it does not play, but watches whether players follow the rules and warns or corrects them when they foul.
Memory hookIt was set up in January 2016 as an external agency of the Cabinet Office.