Learn in the textbookLaws and Institutions Related to the Digital Society
DefinitionThe Basic Act on the Advancement of Public and Private Sector Data Utilization (官民データ活用推進基本法) is a basic act that sets the basic policy for promoting the use of public and private sector data held by the state, local governments, incorporated administrative agencies, private businesses and others, along with the roles of the state and others.
ExplanationA basic act (基本法) is a law that sets out the principles and direction of policy in a field rather than detailed rules for individual procedures. Based on this act, the government draws up a basic plan and promotes measures such as moving administrative procedures online and open data (オープンデータ), where data held by government bodies is published in a form anyone can use. It came into force in 2016.
AnalogyIt is like a family agreement to list the tools tucked away in each room so that anyone in the family can use them.
Memory hookIn the Japanese name, "kan" (官) means government offices and "min" (民) means the private sector. The first two characters alone tell you it covers data from both.