# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第六十八条 (Article 68) - 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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（漏えい等の報告等） — address `art-68` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68 - 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. --- ### 第六十八条（漏えい等の報告等） — (Reporting Leaks) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68 **第一項** 行政機関の長等は、保有個人情報の漏えい、滅失、毀損その他の保有個人情報の安全の確保に係る事態であって個人の権利利益を害するおそれが大きいものとして個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるものが生じたときは、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、当該事態が生じた旨を個人情報保護委員会に報告しなければならない。 art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-1 If there is a leak, loss or damage and other situation concerning the security of the personal information an administrative entity holds as prescribed by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission that is highly likely to harm individual rights and interests, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must report to that effect to the Personal Information Protection Commission, pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、行政機関の長等は、本人に対し、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、当該事態が生じた旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、この限りでない。 art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-2 In cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity must notify an identifiable person of the occurrence of the situation pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases falling under any of each following item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 本人への通知が困難な場合であって、本人の権利利益を保護するため必要なこれに代わるべき措置をとるとき。 art-68/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-2/item-1 cases in which it is difficult to give a notification to the identifiable person, and necessary alternative measures are taken to protect the person's rights and interests; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該保有個人情報に第七十八条第一項各号に掲げる情報のいずれかが含まれるとき。 art-68/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-2/item-2 cases in which the personal information the administrative organ or agency holds includes any of information set forth in each item of Article 78, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-68/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-2/item-2: 第七十八条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-78/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 第六十八条第二項（漏えい等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-68/par-2 - 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 第三十一条第三項（情報提供等の記録についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-31/par-3 --- ## 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