How should the legal framework for the protection of human genomic data be formulated?-Implications from the revision processes of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (PPI Act)

J Hum Genet. 2015 Apr;60(4):225-6. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2014.121. Epub 2015 Jan 15.

Authors

Natsuko Yamamoto¹, Minae Kawashima², Takanori Fujita³, Masatomo Suzuki⁴, Kazuto Kato¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
² National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Center for Integrated Medical Research, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Law, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.

PMID: 25589039
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2014.121

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Confidentiality / legislation & jurisprudence
Genetic Privacy / legislation & jurisprudence*
Genome, Human*
Genomics / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans