第三条（基本理念）
The Individual Number and Corporation Number, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, must be used in accordance with the following principles:
with regard to handling administrative processes, it optimizes the management of information pertaining to individuals or corporations, or other groups, and contributes to the improvement the convenience of citizens and the optimization of administrative operations by establishing simpler procedures that specify the person subject of said processes;
行政事務の処理において、個人又は法人その他の団体に関する情報の管理を一層効率化するとともに、当該事務の対象となる者を特定する簡易な手続を設けることによって、国民の利便性の向上及び行政運営の効率化に資すること。
it uses the Information Providing Network System and other information systems equivalent thereto to send and receive information promptly and safely and to share information, thereby it contributes to the maintenance of appropriate relationships between benefits and burdens in the social security system, taxation, and other administrative fields;
情報提供ネットワークシステムその他これに準ずる情報システムを利用して迅速かつ安全に情報の授受を行い、情報を共有することによって、社会保障制度、税制その他の行政分野における給付と負担の適切な関係の維持に資すること。
with regard to information submitted by an individual or a corporation and other groups, it avoids requesting the submission of information with the same content and reduces the burden to citizens; and
個人又は法人その他の団体から提出された情報については、これと同一の内容の情報の提出を求めることを避け、国民の負担の軽減を図ること。
in order to prevent Personal Information collected or organized using an Individual Number from being used in a way that exceeds the scope provided for by laws and regulations or from being leaked, it ensures a proper management of said information.
Measures concerning the use of Individual Numbers and corporate numbers, must contribute to the improvement of the convenience of citizens through the optimization of administrative operations while giving sufficient consideration to the protection of Personal Information, must promote its use in the social security system, taxation, disaster control measures and other administrative fields, and must be implemented taking into consideration the possibility of using it in fields other than administrative fields that contribute to the improvement of the convenience of citizens.
Measures concerning the use of Individual Numbers must be taken in light of the fact that an Individual Number Card (including a Card Substitute Electronic Record; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is necessary to achieve the principles listed in paragraph (1), item (i), in order to promote the use of Individual Number Cards as a simple means of identity verification for handling administrative processes and in order to promote the use of Individual Number Cards for handling processes other than administrative processes while ensuring that Card Information will not be collected by wrongful means.
個人番号の利用に関する施策の推進は、個人番号カード（カード代替電磁的記録を含む。以下この項において同じ。）が第一項第一号に掲げる事項を実現するために必要であることに鑑み、行政事務の処理における本人確認の簡易な手段としての個人番号カードの利用の促進を図るとともに、カード記録事項が不正な手段により収集されることがないよう配慮しつつ、行政事務以外の事務の処理において個人番号カードの活用が図られるように行われなければならない。
Measures concerning the use of Individual Numbers must be taken in light of the fact that the Information Providing Network System is necessary for achieving the principles listed in paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) while giving sufficient consideration to the protection of Personal Information in order to promote the use of the Information Providing Network System as a means for Administrative Organs or local governments and other persons handling administrative processes to send and receive Specific Personal Information promptly in the social security system, taxation, disaster control measures and other administrative fields, and must be promoted in consideration of the possibility of expanding the use of the Information Providing Network System to information other than Specific Personal Information that said persons send and receive.
The national government, pursuant to the basic principles specified in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "Basic Principles"), is to take the necessary measures to ensure the proper handling of Specific Personal Information, such as Individual Numbers, and implement measures to promote the use of Individual Numbers and Corporation Numbers.
The national government is to endeavor to deepen citizens' understanding of the use of Individual Numbers and Corporation Numbers through educational activities, publicity activities and other activities.
Article 5Responsibilities of Local Governments
第五条（地方公共団体の責務）
Local governments are to, pursuant to the Basic Principles, take measures necessary to ensure the proper handling of Specific Personal Information, such as Individual Numbers, and to autonomously and proactively implement measures related to the use of Individual Numbers and Corporation Numbers according to the characteristics of each region and cooperating with the national government.
Article 6Efforts of Businesses
第六条（事業者の努力）
Businesses who use Individual Numbers and Corporation Numbers are to, pursuant to the Basic Principles, endeavor to cooperate with measures concerning the use of Individual Numbers and Corporation Numbers that are implemented by the national and local governments.
Article 6-2Support by the Prime Minister for Ensuring the Accuracy of Specific Personal Information
第六条の二（特定個人情報の正確性の確保のための内閣総理大臣の支援）
The Prime Minister is to extend to Persons in Charge of a Process Using an Individual Number the provision of information, advice and other support necessary to keep Specific Personal Information accurate and up to date.
内閣総理大臣は、個人番号利用事務実施者に対し、特定個人情報を正確かつ最新の内容に保つために必要な情報の提供、助言その他の支援を行うものとする。