Japan lawmaker seeks stronger AI data safeguards under amended privacy law | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( October 16, 2026, 07:07 GMT | Insight) -- Japan's data protection regulator will face pressure to strengthen safeguards for personal data used in artificial intelligence development as it prepares implementing rules for the country's amended privacy law. Opposition lawmaker Yuki Waseda told MLex she plans to scrutinize the rules before they are finalized.Japan's data protection regulator will face calls to strengthen safeguards for personal data used in artificial intelligence development as it prepares implementing rules for the country's amended privacy law, with an opposition lawmaker pledging to scrutinize the rules before they are finalized.  ...