Japan to safeguard personal financial, genetic data from foreign threats

PM Takaichi seeks new economic security rules for data centers and cloud services

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The legal changes will seek to prevent foreign access to sensitive personal information. (Photo by Nikkei)

RYUTO IMAO

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will move to strengthen protections for sensitive personal data, requiring data centers, cloud service providers and others to take more steps to prevent leaks under a revised economic security law.

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