Data Privacy Japanese: 個人情報, 同意, 取得, 第三者提供
The reader can read Japanese data-privacy language around personal information, consent, collection, third-party provision, disclosure, and deletion.
Core examples: 個人情報, 同意, 取得, 第三者提供, 利用目的, 開示請求, 削除, 委託, 匿名加工情報, プライバシーポリシー.
Privacy Japanese looks ordinary until it gives permission
A signup screen says:
個人情報の取扱いに同意します。
A privacy policy says:
当社は、以下の利用目的の範囲内で個人情報を取得し、第三者に提供する場合があります。
The words are common: information, purpose, consent, provision. But in privacy contexts, they define what data is collected, why, who sees it, and what rights the user may have.
The key principle is:
Data-privacy Japanese must be read by data type, purpose, sharing, user rights, and consent.
This article is language-literacy guidance, not legal advice.
個人情報
個人情報
means personal information.
Examples may include:
氏名 name
住所 address
電話番号 phone number
メールアドレス email address
生年月日 date of birth
位置情報 location information
購買履歴 purchase history
Privacy policies may define categories broadly. A learner should not assume 個人情報 only means name and address.
取得
取得
means acquisition/collection.
Related:
収集 collection
入力 input
自動取得 automatic acquisition
Cookie等を利用して取得する collect using cookies, etc.
取得 tells how the company gets data: from user input, app behavior, device, cookies, partner company, or public source.
Learner action: identify whether data is actively provided or automatically collected.
利用目的
利用目的
means purpose of use.
Common purposes:
サービス提供 service provision
本人確認 identity verification
お問い合わせ対応 responding to inquiries
広告配信 ad delivery
品質向上 quality improvement
不正利用防止 preventing unauthorized use
利用目的 is one of the most important privacy-policy sections. It tells why data is used.
同意
同意
means consent/agreement.
Related:
同意する agree/consent
同意を撤回する withdraw consent
同意が必要 consent required
A checkbox may be required to use a service. But a user may not always understand what they consented to.
Learner action: read the object of 同意. Consent to what?
第三者提供
第三者提供
means provision to third parties.
Related:
第三者 third party
提供先 party receiving provision
共同利用 joint use
委託先 contractor/outsourcing recipient
Third-party provision and outsourcing are different categories. A company may share data with partners, contractors, group companies, advertisers, or authorities depending policy and law.
Learner action: identify who receives data and why.
委託
委託
means outsourcing/entrustment.
Privacy policies may say data is handled by service providers for operations such as delivery, payment processing, cloud hosting, customer support, analytics, or email distribution.
委託 does not necessarily mean the company sells data. It may mean another company processes data on its behalf.
Learner action: distinguish 委託 from 第三者提供, while still noting data leaves the original company.
開示請求
開示請求
means request for disclosure.
Related rights-like procedures:
訂正 correction
利用停止 suspension of use
削除 deletion
苦情相談 complaint/consultation
A privacy policy may explain how users can request disclosure, correction, deletion, or suspension.
Learner action: rights are procedural. Look for contact route, identity verification, fee, and form.
削除
削除
means deletion.
Data deletion may concern account, post, file, stored personal information, or request history. Some data may be retained for legal, billing, security, or fraud-prevention reasons.
Learner action: deletion of account and deletion of all data are not always the same.
匿名加工情報
匿名加工情報
means anonymously processed information, a legal/privacy term in Japan.
It refers to personal information processed so that individuals cannot be identified under the relevant rules and conditions.
This term is specialized. Do not translate it casually as “anonymous data” without recognizing legal context.
プライバシーポリシー
プライバシーポリシー
means privacy policy.
Related:
個人情報保護方針 personal information protection policy
取扱い handling/treatment
改定 revision
A privacy policy is not a casual help page. It is a formal statement of data handling.
Example bank walkthrough
個人情報
Personal information.
Learner action: data category.
同意
Consent/agreement.
Learner action: read object and scope.
取得
Acquisition/collection.
Learner action: how data is obtained.
第三者提供
Provision to third parties.
Learner action: external sharing.
利用目的
Purpose of use.
Learner action: why data is used.
開示請求
Disclosure request.
Learner action: user procedure/right.
削除
Deletion.
Learner action: what data/account/content?
委託
Outsourcing/entrustment.
Learner action: processing by contractor.
匿名加工情報
Anonymously processed information.
Learner action: legal term.
プライバシーポリシー
Privacy policy.
Learner action: formal data-handling document.
Privacy-policy pass
When reading privacy Japanese:
- Data type: what information?
- Collection method: input, automatic, third party?
- Purpose: 利用目的.
- Sharing: third-party provision, joint use, outsourcing?
- Consent: required, optional, withdrawable?
- Retention/deletion: how long, what can be deleted?
- User procedures: disclosure, correction, suspension, deletion.
- Contact point.
- Policy revision.
- High-risk data: identity, location, payment, health, children, biometrics.
Privacy data-flow table
Privacy-policy Japanese becomes readable when you map data movement.
| Term | Data-flow role |
|---|---|
| 個人情報 | personal information |
| 取得 | acquisition/collection |
| 利用目的 | purpose of use |
| 同意 | consent |
| 委託 | outsourcing/entrusting processing |
| 第三者提供 | provision to a third party |
| 共同利用 | joint use |
| 開示請求 | request for disclosure |
| 削除 | deletion |
| 匿名加工情報 | anonymously processed information |
The core question is: what data moves from whom to whom, for what purpose?
第三者提供 versus 委託
These two are easy to blur.
第三者提供 data is provided to a third party
委託 processing/work is entrusted to a contractor/service provider
The legal and practical implications can differ. A privacy policy may permit 委託 for service operation while restricting 第三者提供 without consent.
Consent screen caution
Look for:
同意する agree/consent
同意しない do not consent
必須 required
任意 optional
プライバシーポリシーに同意する agree to privacy policy
A consent button may authorize data collection, account creation, marketing, or third-party linkage. Read the purpose, not just the button.
A strong tool for this article would turn privacy policies into data-flow diagrams.
Suggested functions:
- Personal-data category detector.
- Collection-method labels.
- Purpose-of-use highlighter.
- Third-party/outsourcing distinction.
- User-right procedure extractor.
- Consent checkbox explainer.
- Privacy/legal caution label.
Final rule
Privacy Japanese is consent and data-flow language.
個人情報 tells what data. 取得 tells how it is collected. 利用目的 tells why. 第三者提供 and 委託 tell who else handles it. 同意 authorizes. 開示請求 and 削除 define user procedures.
Do not agree before you know what flows where.
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