Socio-cultural analysis of personal information leakage in Japan
Socio-cultural analysis of personal information leakage in Japan
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日本个人信息泄露的社会文化分析
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2008
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通讯作者:
Kiyoshi Murata
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Yohko Orito;Kiyoshi Murata
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse incidents of personal information leakage in Japan based on Japanese socio‐cultural characteristics of information privacy and to consider how best to develop an effective personal information protection policy that conforms to Japanese situations as well as to the global requirement of personal information protection.Design/methodology/approach – After describing recent incidents of personal information leakage in Japan, the paper examines the defects of the Act on Protection of Personal Information (APPI) that permit these incidents to continue. Subsequently, these incidents and the responses of the Japanese people in a manner that reflects the unique Japanese socio‐cultural characteristics of information privacy are analysed. Finally, the paper proposes a revision of APPI that conforms to these Japanese socio‐cultural characteristics as well as to the global requirement for personal information protection.Findings – Personal information leakage cases an...