# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第七十一条 (Article 71) - 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（外国にある第三者への提供の制限） — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条（外国にある第三者への提供の制限） — (Restrictions on the Provision of Information to Third Parties in Foreign Countries) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71 **第一項** 行政機関の長等は、外国（本邦の域外にある国又は地域をいう。以下この条において同じ。）（個人の権利利益を保護する上で我が国と同等の水準にあると認められる個人情報の保護に関する制度を有している外国として個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）にある第三者（第十六条第三項に規定する個人データの取扱いについて前章第二節の規定により同条第二項に規定する個人情報取扱事業者が講ずべきこととされている措置に相当する措置（第三項において「相当措置」という。）を継続的に講ずるために必要なものとして個人情報保護委員会規則で定める基準に適合する体制を整備している者を除く。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）に利用目的以外の目的のために保有個人情報を提供する場合には、法令に基づく場合及び第六十九条第二項第四号に掲げる場合を除くほか、あらかじめ外国にある第三者への提供を認める旨の本人の同意を得なければならない。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 Except in cases based on laws and regulations or set forth in Article 69, paragraph (2), item (iv), before an administrative organ's head or administrative entity provides personal information the administrative entity holds to a third party (excluding a person that has established a system that conforms to standards prescribed by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission as necessary for continuously taking measures equivalent to the one that a business handling personal information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (2) is to take concerning the handling of personal data prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (3) pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the preceding Chapter (referred to as "equivalent measures" in paragraph (3)); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) in a foreign country (meaning a country or region located outside the territory of Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (excluding those prescribed by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission as a foreign country that has established a personal information protection system recognized to have equivalent standards to that in Japan regarding the protection of individual rights and interests; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) for any purpose other than the purpose of use, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must acquire the identifiable person's consent to the effect that the person approves the provision to a third party in a foreign country. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Except in cases based on laws and regulations or set forth in Article 69, paragraph (2), item (iv), before an administrative organ 's head or administrative entity provides personal information the administrative entity holds to a third party (excluding a person that has established a system that conforms to standards prescribed by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission as necessary for continuously taking measures equivalent to the one that a business handling personal information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (2) is to take concerning the handling of personal data prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (3) pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the preceding Chapter (referred to as "equivalent measures" in paragraph (3)); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) in a foreign country (meaning a country or region located outside the territory of Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (excluding those prescribed by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission as a foreign country that has established a personal information protection system recognized to have equivalent standards to that in Japan regarding the protection of individual rights and interests; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) for any purpose other than the purpose of use, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must acquire the identifiable person's consent to the effect that the person approves the provision to a third party in a foreign country." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb **第二項** 行政機関の長等は、前項の規定により本人の同意を得ようとする場合には、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該外国における個人情報の保護に関する制度、当該第三者が講ずる個人情報の保護のための措置その他当該本人に参考となるべき情報を当該本人に提供しなければならない。 art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-2 When intending to obtain an identifiable person's consent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity must provide the person in advance with information on the personal information protection system of the foreign country, on the measures the third party takes for the protection of personal information, and other information that serves as a reference to the person, pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 行政機関の長等は、保有個人情報を外国にある第三者（第一項に規定する体制を整備している者に限る。）に利用目的以外の目的のために提供した場合には、法令に基づく場合及び第六十九条第二項第四号に掲げる場合を除くほか、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、当該第三者による相当措置の継続的な実施を確保するために必要な措置を講ずるとともに、本人の求めに応じて当該必要な措置に関する情報を当該本人に提供しなければならない。 art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-3 Except in those cases based on laws and regulations or set forth in Article 69, paragraph (2), item (iv), when an administrative organ's head or administrative entity has provided personal information the administrative entity holds to a third party in a foreign country (limited to a person that has established a system prescribed in paragraph (1)) for any purpose other than the purpose of use, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must take necessary measures to ensure continuous implementation of the equivalent measures by the third party, and in response to the identifiable person's request, provide the person with information on the necessary measures, pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-1: この条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71 - art-71/par-1: 第十六条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-16/par-3 - art-71/par-1: 同条第二項 → 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-71/par-1: 第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第三項 (Article 71, paragraph (3)), art-71/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-3 - art-71/par-1: この項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-1: 次項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-2 - art-71/par-1: 第六十九条第二項第四号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十九条第二項第四号 (Article 69, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-69/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-69/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-69/par-2/item-4 - art-71/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-3: 第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-3: 第六十九条第二項第四号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十九条第二項第四号 (Article 69, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-69/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-69/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-69/par-2/item-4 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第一項（外国にある第三者への提供の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第二項（外国にある第三者への提供の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第七十一条第三項（外国にある第三者への提供の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-71/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十八条第一項第二号（利用停止請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-98/par-1/item-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百二十五条第三項（適用の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-125/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第九条第十一項（第五十一条の規定の施行に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-11 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第九条第十二項（第五十一条の規定の施行に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-12 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第九条第十三項（第五十一条の規定の施行に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5031-37/art-9/par-13 - 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 第三十条第一項（個人情報保護法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-30/par-1 --- ## 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 71, 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