# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7) — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7 **第一項** 政府は、個人情報の保護に関する施策の総合的かつ一体的な推進を図るため、個人情報の保護に関する基本方針（以下「基本方針」という。）を定めなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-1 The government must establish a basic policy on the protection of personal information (hereinafter referred to as a "basic policy") in order to further comprehensive and integrated measures to protect personal information. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 基本方針は、次に掲げる事項について定めるものとする。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2 The basic policy is to provide for the following details: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 個人情報の保護に関する施策の推進に関する基本的な方向 art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-1 the basic course of action for furthering measures to protect personal information; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 国が講ずべき個人情報の保護のための措置に関する事項 art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-2 the details of the measures to protect personal information that are to be taken by the national government; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 地方公共団体が講ずべき個人情報の保護のための措置に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-3 the basic details of the measures to protect personal information that are to be taken by local governments; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 独立行政法人等が講ずべき個人情報の保護のための措置に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-4 the basic details of the measures to protect personal information that are to be taken by incorporated administrative agencies or other prescribed corporations; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 地方独立行政法人が講ずべき個人情報の保護のための措置に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-5 the basic details of the measures to protect personal information that are to be taken by local incorporated administrative agencies; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 第十六条第二項に規定する個人情報取扱事業者、同条第五項に規定する仮名加工情報取扱事業者及び同条第六項に規定する匿名加工情報取扱事業者並びに第五十一条第一項に規定する認定個人情報保護団体が講ずべき個人情報の保護のための措置に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-6 the basic details of the measures to protect personal information to be taken by businesses handling personal information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (2), businesses handling pseudonymized personal information prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article, businesses handling anonymized personal information prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article, and certified personal information protection organizations prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 個人情報の取扱いに関する苦情の円滑な処理に関する事項 art-7/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-7 information about the smooth processing of complaints about the handling of personal information; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** その他個人情報の保護に関する施策の推進に関する重要事項 art-7/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-2/item-8 other material information for furthering measures to protect personal information. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、個人情報保護委員会が作成した基本方針の案について閣議の決定を求めなければならない。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-3 The Prime Minister must call for a cabinet decision on the basic policy developed by the Personal Information Protection Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による閣議の決定があったときは、遅滞なく、基本方針を公表しなければならない。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-4 Following a cabinet decision made under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must disclose the basic policy to the public without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定は、基本方針の変更について準用する。 art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-5 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to amendments to the basic policy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2/item-6: 第十六条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-16/par-2 - art-7/par-2/item-6: 同条第五項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-16/par-5 - art-7/par-2/item-6: 同条第六項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第十六条第六項 (Article 16, paragraph (6)), art-16/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-16/par-6 - art-7/par-2/item-6: 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/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-51/par-1 - art-7/par-4: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-4 ## 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 第七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-4 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-7/par-5 --- ## 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