# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第四十九条 (Article 49) - 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（認定の基準） — address `art-49` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十九条（認定の基準） — (Certification Standards) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49 **第一項** 個人情報保護委員会は、第四十七条第一項の認定の申請が次の各号のいずれにも適合していると認めるときでなければ、その認定をしてはならない。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49/par-1 The Personal Information Protection Commission must not grant a certification unless it finds the application for certification referred to in Article 47, paragraph (1) to conform to all of the following requirements: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四十七条第一項各号に掲げる業務を適正かつ確実に行うに必要な業務の実施の方法が定められているものであること。 art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49/par-1/item-1 the applicant has established the necessary methods of business implementation to allow it to perform the services set forth in the items of Article 47, paragraph (1) properly and reliably; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第四十七条第一項各号に掲げる業務を適正かつ確実に行うに足りる知識及び能力並びに経理的基礎を有するものであること。 art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49/par-1/item-2 the applicant's knowledge, capabilities, and financial base are sufficient to allow it to perform the services set forth in the items of Article 47, paragraph (1) properly and reliably; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第四十七条第一項各号に掲げる業務以外の業務を行っている場合には、その業務を行うことによって同項各号に掲げる業務が不公正になるおそれがないものであること。 art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49/par-1/item-3 if the applicant engages in business other than the services set forth in the items of Article 47, paragraph (1), its engagement in that business is unlikely to give rise to unfairness in the services set forth in the items of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-49/par-1: 第四十七条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-47/par-1 - art-49/par-1/item-1: 第四十七条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-47/par-1 - art-49/par-1/item-2: 第四十七条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-47/par-1 - art-49/par-1/item-3: 第四十七条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-47/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十条第二項（変更の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-50/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十五条第一項第二号（認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 190 — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10