この章及び第八章において「保有個人情報」とは、行政機関等の職員(独立行政法人等及び地方独立行政法人にあっては、その役員を含む。以下この章及び第八章において同じ。)が職務上作成し、又は取得した個人情報であって、当該行政機関等の職員が組織的に利用するものとして、当該行政機関等が保有しているものをいう。ただし、行政文書(行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律(平成十一年法律第四十二号。以下この章において「行政機関情報公開法」という。)第二条第二項に規定する行政文書をいう。)、法人文書(独立行政法人等の保有する情報の公開に関する法律(平成十三年法律第百四十号。以下この章において「独立行政法人等情報公開法」という。)第二条第二項に規定する法人文書(同項第四号に掲げるものを含む。)をいう。)又は地方公共団体等行政文書(地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人の職員が職務上作成し、又は取得した文書、図画及び電磁的記録であって、当該地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人の職員が組織的に用いるものとして、当該地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人が保有しているもの(行政機関情報公開法第二条第二項各号に掲げるものに相当するものとして政令で定めるものを除く。)をいう。)(以下この章において「行政文書等」という。)に記録されているものに限る。
"Personal information the administrative entity holds" in this Chapter and Chapter VIII means personal information that an employee of an administrative entity (in a case of an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation or a local incorporated administrative agency, its officer is included; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Chapter VIII) prepares or acquires in the course of that employee's duties, and that administrative entity holds for organizational use by its employees; provided, however, that the personal information the administrative entity holds is limited to personal information recorded in administrative or similar documents (meaning administrative documents prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999; hereinafter referred to as the "Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act" in this Chapter)), corporate documents (meaning corporate documents prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 140 of 2001); hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Administrative Agencies Information Disclosure Act" in this Chapter; those documents include those listed in item (iv) of that paragraph), or local government documents (meaning documents, drawings, or electronic or magnetic records that an employee of a local government organ or local incorporated administrative agency prepares or acquires in the course of that employee's duties, and that local government organ or local incorporated administrative agency holds for organizational use by its employees; and excluding those prescribed by Cabinet Order as equivalent to those set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act) (the above-mentioned documents are hereinafter collectively referred to as "administrative or similar documents" in this Chapter).