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Latest Privacy News

1/19/05 -Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare calls for public comment on Draft Commentary on Guidelines Concerning Measures to Taken by Businesses for Assuring the Appropriate Handling of Personal Information related to Employment Management (Japanese only)
Closing date for comment: February 8, 2005

10/5/04- JPR releases first national survey on Japanese attitudes to e-government.

• Read a summary of the survey.
• Read Dr. Alan Westins commentary on the survey.
• Complete survey results.

JPR adds international e-Government resource.

8/13/04- MPHPT announces interim report of Telecommunications Privacy Study Group; results of public consultation on proposed telecommunications privacy guidelines

Latest Editorial

Data Leakage and Actual Harm?
An editorial by Dr. Alan F. Westin