“My number does not violate the Constitution” Dismiss appeal against Tokyo District Court, February 25, 16:00
The Tokyo District Court found that the My Number system did not violate the Constitution in a ruling in which the citizen group was violated by the right to privacy and violated the Constitution. Judgment and dismissed the complaint.
In order to simplify administrative procedures, the My Number System was assigned a 12-digit number to each person living in Japan, linked to information such as taxes and social security, and started operating in 2016.
Regarding this, more than 40 citizens did not use their My Number to the country saying that "the danger of leaking a large amount of personal information is extremely high, privacy rights are violated, and the constitution is violated." Asked to remove.
In a ruling on the 25th, Judge Satoko Otozawa of the Tokyo District Court said, "The My Number system is a legal system and system that prevents personal information from being used outside of its legitimate purpose or leaked to third parties. Technology is taking measures. "
He then rejected the citizen group's complaint, stating that "there was no specific danger of unauthorized use of personal information."
Similar trials have been filed in eight places nationwide, and last year, the Yokohama District Court and the Nagoya District Court have ruled that they will dismiss the case.