The FTC will support the Government in its effort to reduce the price of mobile services for Japanese consumers.
Governments call for changes to end-to-end encryption
The Governments of seven countries seek to obtain greater access to people’s communications for law enforcement purposes.
Japanese Government proposes ‘Digital New Deal’ to upgrade its infrastructure
The Government proposed a comprehensive policy to digitise its services which came under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese government has a 5-year plan to tackle mobile not-spots
The Ministry of Communications is consulting on a set of measures, and providing companies with financial incentives.
Japanese government proposes to improve transparency of mobile contracts
The Ministry of Communications aims to separate monthly charges from handset subsidies in mobile contracts.
Japanese DPA asks Facebook to improve data protection practices
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) demands that Facebook better protect users’ personal data
EC launches the adoption of the adequacy decision for Japan on data protection
Following the conclusion of the EU-Japan talks on personal data protection in July 2018, the EC has now launched the procedure for the adoption of its adequacy decision
European Commission and Japan agree on reciprocal data adequacy
The European Commission has announced an agreement with Japan on reciprocal adequacy for transfer of personal data, thereby creating “the world’s largest area of safe data flows”
