# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（定義） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60 **第一項** 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。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-1 "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). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: ""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)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb **第二項** この章及び第八章において「個人情報ファイル」とは、保有個人情報を含む情報の集合物であって、次に掲げるものをいう。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-2 "Personal information file" in this Chapter and Chapter VIII means a collective body of information comprised of personal information the administrative entity holds, as set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一定の事務の目的を達成するために特定の保有個人情報を電子計算機を用いて検索することができるように体系的に構成したもの art-60/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-2/item-1 those systematically organized so as to be searchable for particular personal information the administrative entity holds, by using a computer for the purpose of certain processes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、一定の事務の目的を達成するために氏名、生年月日、その他の記述等により特定の保有個人情報を容易に検索することができるように体系的に構成したもの art-60/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-2/item-2 beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, those systematically organized so as to be searchable for particular personal information the administrative entity holds, by using a name, date of birth or other identifiers or their equivalent for the purpose of certain processes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この章において「行政機関等匿名加工情報」とは、次の各号のいずれにも該当する個人情報ファイルを構成する保有個人情報の全部又は一部（これらの一部に行政機関情報公開法第五条に規定する不開示情報（同条第一号に掲げる情報を除き、同条第二号ただし書に規定する情報を含む。以下この項において同じ。）、独立行政法人等情報公開法第五条に規定する不開示情報（同条第一号に掲げる情報を除き、同条第二号ただし書に規定する情報を含む。）又は地方公共団体の情報公開条例（地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人の保有する情報の公開を請求する住民等の権利について定める地方公共団体の条例をいう。以下この章において同じ。）に規定する不開示情報（行政機関情報公開法第五条に規定する不開示情報に相当するものをいう。）が含まれているときは、これらの不開示情報に該当する部分を除く。）を加工して得られる匿名加工情報をいう。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3 "Anonymized personal information the administrative entity holds" in this Chapter means any anonymized personal information that can be prepared in a way that processes all or a part of personal information the administrative entity holds that constitutes a personal information file that falls under all of the following items (if a part of that personal information the administrative entity holds contains non-disclosure information prescribed in Article 5 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act (excluding information listed in item (i) of that Article, and including information prescribed in the proviso of item (ii) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), non-disclosure information prescribed in Article 5 of the Incorporated Administrative Agencies Information Disclosure Act (excluding information listed in item (i) of that Article, and including information prescribed in the proviso of item (ii) of that Article), or non-disclosure information prescribed in the information disclosure ordinance of local government (meaning a local government's ordinance which provides for the resident's or other equivalent person's right to request the disclosure of information the local government organ or local incorporated administrative agency holds; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) (that non-disclosure information means information equivalent to non-disclosure information prescribed in Article 5 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act), the part containing the above-mentioned non-disclosure information is excluded): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第七十五条第二項各号のいずれかに該当するもの又は同条第三項の規定により同条第一項に規定する個人情報ファイル簿に掲載しないこととされるものでないこと。 art-60/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3/item-1 the information does not fall under any of items in Article 75, paragraph (2), or the information that is not designated under paragraph (3) of that Article as an exception to registration in the personal information file register as prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 行政機関情報公開法第三条に規定する行政機関の長、独立行政法人等情報公開法第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人等、地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人に対し、当該個人情報ファイルを構成する保有個人情報が記録されている行政文書等の開示の請求（行政機関情報公開法第三条、独立行政法人等情報公開法第三条又は情報公開条例の規定による開示の請求をいう。）があったとしたならば、これらの者が次のいずれかを行うこととなるものであること。 art-60/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3/item-2 the information for which the head of an administrative organ as prescribed in Article 3 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Incorporated Administrative Agencies Information Disclosure Act, a local government organ or, a local incorporated administrative agency is required to take either of the following measures, if that person receives a request to disclose any administrative or similar document in which the personal information the administrative entity holds that constitutes a personal information file is recorded (meaning a request for disclosure as prescribed in Article 3 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act, Article 3 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act, or the information disclosure ordinance); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 当該行政文書等に記録されている保有個人情報の全部又は一部を開示する旨の決定をすること。 art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-1 making a decision to disclose all or a part of the personal information the administrative entity holds that is recorded in that administrative or similar document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 行政機関情報公開法第十三条第一項若しくは第二項、独立行政法人等情報公開法第十四条第一項若しくは第二項又は情報公開条例（行政機関情報公開法第十三条第一項又は第二項の規定に相当する規定を設けているものに限る。）の規定により意見書の提出の機会を与えること。 art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3/item-2/sub-2 providing an opportunity to submit an opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act, under Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Incorporated Administrative Agencies Information Disclosure Act, or under the information disclosure ordinance (limited to those with provisions equivalent to Article 13, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 行政機関等の事務及び事業の適正かつ円滑な運営に支障のない範囲内で、第百十六条第一項の基準に従い、当該個人情報ファイルを構成する保有個人情報を加工して匿名加工情報を作成することができるものであること。 art-60/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3/item-3 anonymized personal information can be prepared in a way that processes the personal information the administrative entity holds that constitutes a personal information file in accordance with the criteria set forth in Article 116, paragraph (1), and to extent that it does not hinder proper and smooth management of processes and services by the administrative entity. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この章において「行政機関等匿名加工情報ファイル」とは、行政機関等匿名加工情報を含む情報の集合物であって、次に掲げるものをいう。 art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-4 The term "anonymized personal information file the administrative entity holds" in this Chapter means a collective body of information comprised of anonymized personal information the administrative entity holds, as set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 特定の行政機関等匿名加工情報を電子計算機を用いて検索することができるように体系的に構成したもの art-60/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-4/item-1 those systematically organized so as to be searchable for particular anonymized personal information the administrative entity holds, by using a computer; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、特定の行政機関等匿名加工情報を容易に検索することができるように体系的に構成したものとして政令で定めるもの art-60/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-4/item-2 beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, those prescribed by Cabinet Order as having been systematically organized so as to be searchable for particular anonymized personal information the administrative entity holds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この章において「条例要配慮個人情報」とは、地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人が保有する個人情報（要配慮個人情報を除く。）のうち、地域の特性その他の事情に応じて、本人に対する不当な差別、偏見その他の不利益が生じないようにその取扱いに特に配慮を要するものとして地方公共団体が条例で定める記述等が含まれる個人情報をいう。 art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-5 The term "sensitive personal information prescribed by local ordinance" in this Chapter means personal information (excluding sensitive personal information) that is held by a local government organ or local incorporated administrative agency and that is comprised of identifiers or their equivalent prescribed by a local government's ordinance, accounting for the regional characteristics and other circumstances, as those of which the handling requires special care so as not to cause unfair discrimination, prejudice, or other disadvantage to the identifiable person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-1: 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 → 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-disclosure-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-2/par-2 - art-60/par-1: 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 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000140, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-60/par-1: 同項第四号 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000140, 第二条第二項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-2/par-2/item-4 — not held in this collection - art-60/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 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/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-2/item-1 - art-60/par-3: この項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3 - art-60/par-3/item-1: 第七十五条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十五条第二項 (Article 75, paragraph (2)), art-75/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-75/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-75/par-2 - art-60/par-3/item-1: 同条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十五条第三項 (Article 75, paragraph (3)), art-75/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-75/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-75/par-3 - art-60/par-3/item-1: 同条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-75/par-1 - art-60/par-3/item-3: 第百十六条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百十六条第一項 (Article 116, paragraph (1)), art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-116/par-1 - art-60/par-4/item-2: 前号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第四項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-60/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-4/item-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第百五十五条第一項（個人情報の保護に関する法律の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/real-property-registration-act/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-155/par-1 - 不動産登記法 附則第四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/real-property-registration-act/suppl-4161-123/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/suppl-4161-123/art-4/par-4 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第二項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-2/item-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第三項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第四項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-4/item-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十四条第二項第十一号（個人情報ファイルの保有等に関する事前通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-74/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-74/par-2/item-11 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百十条第一項（提案の募集に関する事項の個人情報ファイル簿への記載） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-110/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-176/par-1 - 戸籍法 第百二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-129/par-1 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第二条第四項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-2/par-4 - 行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律 第五条第一項第一号の二（行政文書の開示義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-disclosure-act/art-5/par-1/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/411AC0000000042/art-5/par-1/item-1-2 - 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の四第四項（他の法律の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4/par-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律), Article 60, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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