EU and Japan Publish a Joint Release on Their Mutual Adequacy Decisions
Written by Maki DePalo
On January 23, 2019, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (the “PPC”) and the European Commission (the “Commission”) jointly announced the adoption of the decisions recognizing each other’s personal data protection systems as equivalent. The Commission launched the process leading to the adoption of the adequacy decision in September 2018 and successfully completed the process by obtaining the green light from a committee composed of representatives of the European Union (“EU”) Member States. In parallel, the PPC adopted a decision to designate the EU as equivalent […] Read more