# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第八章 (Chapter 8)

- Law: 個人情報の保護に関する法律 (Act on the Protection of Personal Information), 平成十五年法律第五十七号
- English title "Act on the Protection of Personal Information": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八章 (Chapter 8) — address `ch-8`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-07-16 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 16 July 2028 — the amending law allows up to two years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-12-22 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280716_508AC0000000056)
- URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8
- The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/ch-8
- Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it.
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## 第八章　罰則 — Chapter VIII Penal Provisions
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8</sup>

### 第百七十六条
<sup>art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-176</sup>

**第一項**  行政機関等の職員若しくは職員であった者、第六十六条第二項各号に定める業務若しくは第七十三条第五項若しくは第百二十一条第三項の委託を受けた業務に従事している者若しくは従事していた者又は行政機関等において個人情報、仮名加工情報若しくは匿名加工情報の取扱いに従事している派遣労働者若しくは従事していた派遣労働者が、正当な理由がないのに、個人の秘密に属する事項が記録された第六十条第二項第一号に係る個人情報ファイル（その全部又は一部を複製し、又は加工したものを含む。）を提供したときは、三年以下の拘禁刑又は百五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-176/par-1</sup>
If an employee or former employee of an administrative entity, a person engaged in or formerly engaged in duties prescribed in the items of Article 66, paragraph (2) or in entrusted duties under Article 73, paragraph (5) or Article 121, paragraph (3), or a dispatched worker that is or was engaged in handling personal information, pseudonymized personal information or anonymized personal information in an administrative entity provides other persons with a personal information file (including a personal information file all or part of which has been reproduced or processed) relating to Article 60, paragraph (2), item (i) that contains confidential information on individuals without justifiable grounds, that person is subject to imprisonment for not more than three years or to a fine of not more than 1,500,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百七十七条
<sup>art-177 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-177</sup>

**第一項**  第百四十三条の規定に違反して秘密を漏らし、又は盗用した者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-177/par-1</sup>
A person who has divulged or misappropriated a secret in violation of the provisions of Article 143 is subject to imprisonment for not more than two years or to a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百七十八条
<sup>art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-178</sup>

**第一項**  個人情報取扱事業者（その者が法人（法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものを含む。第百八十五条第一項において同じ。）である場合にあっては、その役員、代表者又は管理人）若しくはその従業者又はこれらであった者が、その業務に関して取り扱った個人情報データベース等（その全部又は一部を複製し、又は加工したものを含む。）を自己若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図り、若しくは本人その他の者に損害を加える目的で提供し、又は盗用したときは、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-178/par-1</sup>
If a business handling personal information (or its officer, representative or administrator if it is a corporation (including an organization without legal personality that has made provisions for a representative or manager; the same applies in Article 185, paragraph (1))), its employee, or a person who used to be that business or employee has provided or misappropriated a personal information database or the equivalent (including a personal information database or the equivalent all or part of which has been reproduced or processed) that they handled in the course of their business for the purpose of seeking their own or a third party's illegal profits or of causing damage to the identifiable person or any other person, they are subject to imprisonment for not more than two years or to a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百七十九条
<sup>art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-179</sup>

**第一項**  第百七十六条に規定する者が、その業務に関して知り得た保有個人情報を自己若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図り、若しくは本人その他の者に損害を加える目的で提供し、又は盗用したときは、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-179/par-1</sup>
If a person prescribed in Article 176 provides other persons with or misappropriates personal information an administrative entity holds that the person has acquired in the course of their trade, for their own or a third party's illegal profits or for the purpose of causing damage to the identifiable person or any other person, that person is subject to imprisonment for not more than two years or to a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十条
<sup>art-180 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180</sup>

**第一項**  自己若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図る目的で、又は本人、個人情報を保有する者その他の者に損害を加える目的で、人を欺き、人に暴行を加え、若しくは人を脅迫する行為により、又は財物の窃取若しくは損壊、施設への侵入、有線電気通信の傍受、不正アクセス行為（不正アクセス行為の禁止等に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百二十八号）第二条第四項に規定する不正アクセス行為をいう。）その他の個人情報を保有する者の管理を害する行為により、個人情報を取得したときは、当該違反行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180/par-1</sup>
If a person has acquired personal information, for the purpose of seeking their own or a third party's illegal profits or for the purpose of causing damage to the identifiable person, a person holding the personal information or any other person, by an act of deceiving, assaulting or intimidating a person, or by theft of or damage to property, intrusion into a facility, interception of wire telecommunications, an act of unauthorized computer access (meaning an act of unauthorized computer access prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access (Act No. 128 of 1999)) or any other act that harms the control of a person holding personal information, the person who has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than two years or to a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）その他の罰則の適用を妨げない。
<sup>art-180/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude the application of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) or any other penal provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十一条
<sup>art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-181</sup>

**第一項**  措置命令に違反したときは、当該違反行為をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-181/par-1</sup>
If an order for measures is violated, the person who has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or to a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十二条
<sup>art-182 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-182</sup>

**第一項**  行政機関等の職員がその職権を濫用して、専らその職務の用以外の用に供する目的で個人の秘密に属する事項が記録された文書、図画又は電磁的記録を収集したときは、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-182/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-182/par-1</sup>
An employee of an administrative entity who, by abusing that authority, acquires documents, drawings, or electronic or magnetic records containing confidential information on individuals for exclusive use for any purpose other than that employee's duties, is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十三条
<sup>art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-183</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-183/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-183/par-1</sup>
In cases that fall under one of the following items, the person who has committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第百四十六条第一項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、若しくは虚偽の資料を提出し、又は当該職員の質問に対して答弁をせず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をし、若しくは検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避したとき。
  <sup>art-183/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-183/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person failed to submit a report or material under Article 146, paragraph (1); submitted a false report or material; failed to answer a question posed by the staff concerned; gave a false answer to a question; or refused, precluded, or evaded an inspection;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百五十三条の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-183/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-183/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person failed to submit a report under Article 153, or submitted a false report.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十四条
<sup>art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-184</sup>

**第一項**  第百七十六条から第百八十条まで及び第百八十二条の規定は、日本国外においてこれらの規定（第百八十条第二項を除く。）の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
<sup>art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-184/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 176 through 180 and Article 182 apply to a person who has committed an offense under these provisions (excluding Article 180, paragraph (2)) outside of Japan.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百八十五条
<sup>art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-1</sup>
If a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or person has committed a violation of the provisions set forth in the following items in relation to the corporation or person's business, in addition to the offender being punished, the corporation is subject to a fine set forth in those items, and the person is subject to a fine set forth in the respective Articles.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第百七十八条及び第百八十一条　一億円以下の罰金刑
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Articles 178 and 181: a fine of not more than 100 million yen;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百八十条及び第百八十三条　各本条の罰金刑
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Articles 180 and 183: a fine set forth in the respective Articles.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  法人でない団体について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人が、その訴訟行為につき法人でない団体を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-2</sup>
If the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an organization without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents that organization regarding an act of litigation, and the provisions of laws on criminal proceedings in the cases in which a corporation is a defendant or suspect apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第百八十六条
<sup>art-186 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-186</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-186/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-186/par-1</sup>
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第二十七条第八項、第三十条第二項（第三十一条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第五十六条の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-186/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-186/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has violated the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8), Article 30, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (3)) or Article 56;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第五十一条第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者
  <sup>art-186/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-186/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who has failed to submit a notification or submitted a false notification under Article 51, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  偽りその他不正の手段により、第八十五条第三項に規定する開示決定に基づく保有個人情報の開示を受けた者
  <sup>art-186/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-186/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has had personal information an administrative entity holds disclosed based on a decision to disclose as prescribed in Article 85, paragraph (3) by deception or other wrongful means.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-176/par-1: 第六十六条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十六条第二項 (Article 66, paragraph (2)), art-66/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-5/from-art-60#art-66/par-2
- art-176/par-1: 第七十三条第五項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十三条第五項 (Article 73, paragraph (5)), art-73/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-5/from-art-72-3#art-73/par-5
- art-176/par-1: 第百二十一条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百二十一条第三項 (Article 121, paragraph (3)), art-121/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-5/from-art-120#art-121/par-3
- art-176/par-1: 第六十条第二項第一号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第二項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-60/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-5/from-art-60#art-60/par-2/item-1
- art-177/par-1: 第百四十三条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十三条 (Article 143), art-143 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-6/from-art-130#art-143
- art-178/par-1: 第百八十五条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-1
- art-179/par-1: 第百七十六条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-176
- art-180/par-1: 不正アクセス行為の禁止等に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百二十八号）第二条第四項 → 不正アクセス行為の禁止等に関する法律 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unauthorized-computer-access-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000128/art-2/par-4
- art-180/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180/par-1
- art-183/par-1/item-1: 第百四十六条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-6/from-art-130#art-146/par-1
- art-183/par-1/item-2: 第百五十三条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十三条 (Article 153), art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-6/from-art-150#art-153
- art-184/par-1: 第百七十六条から第百八十条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-176
- art-184/par-1: 第百七十六条から第百八十条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十七条 (Article 177), art-177 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-177
- art-184/par-1: 第百七十六条から第百八十条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十八条 (Article 178), art-178 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-178
- art-184/par-1: 第百七十六条から第百八十条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-179
- art-184/par-1: 第百七十六条から第百八十条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十条 (Article 180), art-180 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180
- art-184/par-1: 第百八十二条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十二条 (Article 182), art-182 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-182
- art-184/par-1: 第百八十条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十条第二項 (Article 180, paragraph (2)), art-180/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180/par-2
- art-185/par-1/item-1: 第百七十八条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十八条 (Article 178), art-178 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-178
- art-185/par-1/item-1: 第百八十一条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十一条 (Article 181), art-181 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-181
- art-185/par-1/item-2: 第百八十条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十条 (Article 180), art-180 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-180
- art-185/par-1/item-2: 第百八十三条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-183
- art-185/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-8#art-185/par-1
- art-186/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条第八項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第八項 (Article 27, paragraph (8)), art-27/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-4/from-art-21-2#art-27/par-8
- art-186/par-1/item-1: 第三十条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-4/from-art-28#art-30/par-2
- art-186/par-1/item-1: 第三十一条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-4/from-art-30-3#art-31/par-3
- art-186/par-1/item-1: 第五十六条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-4/from-art-53#art-56
- art-186/par-1/item-2: 第五十一条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-4/from-art-42#art-51/par-1
- art-186/par-1/item-3: 第八十五条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十五条第三項 (Article 85, paragraph (3)), art-85/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056/text/ch-5/from-art-85#art-85/par-3

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