Article 63, paragraph (1) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — japanlaw

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Article 63Prohibition of Inappropriate Utilization

第六十三条（不適正な利用の禁止）

The head of an administrative organ (for any organ designated by Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (iv) and (v), the head is designated for each respective organ by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 174), a local government organ, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, and a local incorporated administrative agency (hereinafter referred to as an "administrative organ's head or administrative entity" in this Chapter and the following Chapter) must not utilize personal information using a method that has the possibility of fomenting or inducing unlawful or unjust act.

行政機関の長（第二条第八項第四号及び第五号の政令で定める機関にあっては、その機関ごとに政令で定める者をいう。以下この章及び第百七十四条において同じ。）、地方公共団体の機関、独立行政法人等及び地方独立行政法人（以下この章及び次章において「行政機関の長等」という。）は、違法又は不当な行為を助長し、又は誘発するおそれがある方法により個人情報を利用してはならない。

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personal information
個人情報（こじんじょうほう）
Information about a living individual that either can identify that particular person by a name, date of birth or other identifier or the equivalent (記述等) it contains — including information that can easily be matched with other information and so identify the person — or contains an individual identification code (個人識別符号).
生存する個人に関する情報であって、次の各号のいずれかに該当するもの
Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
administrative organ
行政機関（ぎょうせいきかん）
The organs of the national government this Act covers: bodies placed in the Cabinet (内閣) under an Act (法律), other than the Cabinet Office (内閣府), and bodies placed under the Cabinet's jurisdiction; the Cabinet Office, the Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁) and the bodies provided for in Article 49, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office; the bodies provided for in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act; the bodies under Articles 39, 40, 55 and 56 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Imperial Household Agency Act and Articles 8-2 and 8-3 of the National Government Organization Act that a Cabinet Order (政令) names, each counted as an organ of its own; and the Board of Audit (会計検査院).
次に掲げる機関
Article 2, paragraph (8)See it in the glossary
incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation
独立行政法人等（どくりつぎょうせいほうじんとう）
Incorporated administrative agencies (独立行政法人) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies, and the corporations listed in Appended Table 1 (別表第一) of this Act.
独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人及び別表第一に掲げる法人
Article 2, paragraph (9)See it in the glossary
local incorporated administrative agency
地方独立行政法人（ちほうどくりつぎょうせいほうじん）
A corporation that a local government (地方公共団体) sets up under the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act to carry out, efficiently and effectively, public work in its area that must be done reliably, that the local government need not do itself, and that it judges might not get done if left to the private sector, as Article 2(1) of that Act defines it.
地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第一項に規定する地方独立行政法人
Article 2, paragraph (10)See it in the glossary
administrative organ's head or administrative entity
行政機関の長等（ぎょうせいきかんのちょうとう）
In Chapters V and VI, the head of an administrative organ (行政機関) — or, for an organ that a Cabinet Order (政令) names under Article 2, paragraph (8), item (iv) or (v), the person a Cabinet Order sets for it — an organ of a local government (地方公共団体の機関) other than its assembly, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation (独立行政法人等) other than those listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二), or a local incorporated administrative agency (地方独立行政法人) other than those that Article 2, paragraph (11), item (iv) leaves out.
Article 63, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary

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