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China Finalizes New Regulations to Relax Personal Data Exports from China | Privacy World







In the midst of revising the Japan Civil Code and the foreign attorney laws, Japan has recently passed amendments to its data privacy law, the
The European Commission announced on 23 January 2019 that it has adopted an adequacy decision on Japan (its press release can be found
On 5 September 2018, the EU Commission commenced proceedings to adopt an Adequacy Decision in relation to Japan’s protection of personal data by issuing a draft ‘Commission Implementing Decision’. This is an important step towards the culmination of discussions between the EU and Japan that were initiated in January 2017, with the aim of permitting the free flow of personal data between the parties. These discussions were part of the broader free trade negotiations between Japan and the EU, which concluded with a successful agreement on 17 July 2018.
s 2018 picks up steam from its start, we are beginning to see traction in relation to various new regional data privacy and cybersecurity laws. Many of the provisions seem designed to enable countries to seek an EU Adequacy Finding, which is akin to the Privacy Shield provisions between the EU and the US. This would allow the easier transfer of EU data between the countries.