The Japan Innovation Party submitted a proposal calling on the government to consider requiring private companies to delete unnecessary personal data. The party plans to consider making this mandatory through revisions to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and to indicate guidelines for data retention periods.
The Japan Innovation Party called on Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara to consider making the deletion of unnecessary personal data held by private companies mandatory. The proposal aims to promote the proper management of personal data and calls for the prompt deletion of unnecessary data.
The proposal calls for consideration of revisions to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information to make the deletion of unnecessary data mandatory. It also includes the creation of guidelines indicating standard retention periods by industry and type of information.
Following incidents involving information leaks caused by unauthorized access, the Liberal Democratic Party has also called for a reduction in the retention of unnecessary data. The Japan Innovation Party’s proposal goes further. House of Councillors member Katayama (片山) said the measure had previously been deferred because of the burden it would place on business organizations.
The proposal also includes medium- to long-term measures, such as conducting inspections of software used by government agencies by the end of the year. The government indicated that it would proceed with measures that could be implemented immediately and consider the feasibility of the proposal.