http://kenjimori.com/?p=126 metaphorically speaking..東京 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://kenjimori.com/?p=126&cpage=1#comment-837 Ben Miller Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:19:26 +0000 http://kenjimori.com/?p=126#comment-837 Japan's new ultra-strict privacy laws add an additional layer of complexity. The place I work does market research and has a full-time privacy compliance officer to ensure we keep our privacy certification. Audits are regularly carried out (e.g. no Winny or other well-known P2P programs here!), and this extends to individuals' internet presences. In a recent case, one guy here made a post to his personal blog which linked himself to the company (public knowledge) and a client (also public knowledge that our firm works for the clients, and that the person has had a long-term relationship with the client, even preceding his joining this company). However, this appears to run afoul of the law as he did not seek specific permission for that specific instance of making the linkage among the three parties public. Japan’s new ultra-strict privacy laws add an additional layer of complexity. The place I work does market research and has a full-time privacy compliance officer to ensure we keep our privacy certification. Audits are regularly carried out (e.g. no Winny or other well-known P2P programs here!), and this extends to individuals’ internet presences. In a recent case, one guy here made a post to his personal blog which linked himself to the company (public knowledge) and a client (also public knowledge that our firm works for the clients, and that the person has had a long-term relationship with the client, even preceding his joining this company). However, this appears to run afoul of the law as he did not seek specific permission for that specific instance of making the linkage among the three parties public.

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