jp-appi-expert
Japan APPI Expert
Reference-depth expertise for Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), represented in SCF as apac-jpn-ppi-2020. This plugin bundles the SCF crosswalk (58 SCF controls -> 134 framework controls) with APPI-specific assessment context.
Framework Identity
- SCF framework ID:
apac-jpn-ppi-2020 - Region: APAC
- Country: JP
- Regulator: Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC), Japan
- Common shorthand: APPI / Japan PPI
- Current assessment baseline: amended APPI fully in effect from April 1, 2022
Framework In Plain Language
APPI is Japan's national privacy law for organizations that handle personal information and retained personal data. It focuses on purpose specification, fair collection and use, security safeguards, third-party disclosure, cross-border transfer, breach response, and individual rights. For GRC work, treat APPI as both a privacy governance framework and an operational evidence framework: the assessor needs to see where Japanese personal data is collected, how it is used, who receives it, how incidents are escalated, and whether transfer and consent records match actual system flows.