A person alleging that their rights are violated due to dissemination of information through specified telecommunications, may demand the disclosure of sender identification information to the specified telecommunications service provider that uses a specified telecommunication facility for the purpose of providing the specified telecommunications with respect to the sender identification information, relative to violating the person's rights, held by the specified telecommunications service provider; other than the specified sender identification information, (which is specified in Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as sender identification information that relates solely to the violation-related telecommunications; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 15, paragraph (2)) if both item (i) and (ii) below are applicable, and in the case of the specified sender identification information, it is applicable if all of the items below are applicable.
if it is obvious that the rights of the person demanding the disclosure have been violated due to the dissemination of the violating information as to which the disclosure is demanded;
当該開示の請求に係る侵害情報の流通によって当該開示の請求をする者の権利が侵害されたことが明らかであるとき。
if the sender identification information is necessary for the person demanding the disclosure to exercise the person's rights to claim damages or if there are other legitimate grounds for the person to receive disclosure of the sender identification information;
当該発信者情報が当該開示の請求をする者の損害賠償請求権の行使のために必要である場合その他当該発信者情報の開示を受けるべき正当な理由があるとき。
if any of (a) through (c) below is applicable:
次のイからハまでのいずれかに該当するとき。
if it is determined that the specified telecommunications service provider does not possess any sender identification information other than the specified sender identification information pertaining to the violation of the rights;
当該特定電気通信役務提供者が当該権利の侵害に係る特定発信者情報以外の発信者情報を保有していないと認めるとき。
if it is determined that any sender identification information other than the specified sender identification information pertaining to the violation of the rights possessed by the specified telecommunications service provider is the only sender identification information other than those listed below prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications;
当該特定電気通信役務提供者が保有する当該権利の侵害に係る特定発信者情報以外の発信者情報が次に掲げる発信者情報以外の発信者情報であって総務省令で定めるもののみであると認めるとき。
the name and address of the sender of the violating information as to which the disclosure is demanded;
sender identification information that can be used to identify another disclosure related service provider pertaining to the violation of the rights.
if it is determined that the person demanding the disclosure is unable to identify the sender of the violating information as to which the disclosure is demanded by the sender identification information (except for specified sender identification information) disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.
A person alleging that their rights are violated due to dissemination of information through specified telecommunications may demand that a telecommunications service provider that uses telecommunications facilities used for the violation-related telecommunications pertaining to the specified telecommunications (excluding any specified telecommunications service provider pertaining to such specified telecommunications as prescribed in the preceding paragraph; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "relevant telecommunications service provider") disclose sender identification information pertaining to the violation-related telecommunications possessed by the relevant telecommunications service provider if all of the following items are applicable:
if it is obvious that the rights of the person demanding the disclosure have been violated due to the dissemination of the violating information as to which the disclosure is demanded;
当該開示の請求に係る侵害情報の流通によって当該開示の請求をする者の権利が侵害されたことが明らかであるとき。
if the sender identification information is necessary for the person demanding the disclosure to exercise their right to claim damages or if there are other legitimate grounds for them to receive disclosure of the sender identification information.
当該発信者情報が当該開示の請求をする者の損害賠償請求権の行使のために必要である場合その他当該発信者情報の開示を受けるべき正当な理由があるとき。
The term "violation-related telecommunications" as used in the preceding two paragraphs means transmission by telecommunications of identification codes (which refers to characters, numbers, symbols, and other codes used by the specified telecommunications service provider in providing the specified telecommunications service in order to identify a certain person who may receive the provision of the specified telecommunications service and distinguish the person from other persons) and other codes relating to the specified telecommunications service conducted by the sender of violating information in order to use or terminate the use of the specified telecommunications service pertaining to the transmission of the violating information, as prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as those falling within the necessary scope in order to specify the sender of the violating information.