The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' expert meeting provides information such as customer names and addresses held by post offices nationwide to local governments when confirming the safety in the event of a disaster or when the destination of tax delinquents is unknown. I showed the policy that I can do it.
Information such as the customer's name, address, and moving address held by the post office is required to be confidential by law.
On the other hand, local governments and others have called for limited utilization, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' expert meeting has been studying in what cases information can be provided.
The gist of the report, compiled on the 26th, provided for the first time a concrete example of how information could be provided.
Of these, in the event of an emergency such as a large-scale disaster or accident, providing customer information to local governments will enable accurate and prompt safety confirmation and rescue.
In addition, if a person who is delinquent in tax moves without moving the residence certificate and does not know where he / she is, he / she can be encouraged to pay the tax by notifying the national or local government of the new address. It is said that fairness can also be ensured.
However, when utilizing information, it is a major premise that the information is handled properly at the post office, and based on the fact that the Japan Post Group is experiencing a series of scandals such as the misappropriation of personal information, measures to prevent recurrence are implemented. In addition, he points out that it is necessary to reduce and digitize customer documents.
The Council of Experts will compile a report on the ideal way of utilizing information on the 14th of next month.