Biometrics and Amended Act on Protection of Personal Information

The Distinction between "Privacy" and "Personal Information" - Issues of Personal Information Protection Act in Japan

It seems that the relation of the concept of privacy and the concept of the personal information are misunderstood. The privacy comes from the personality, and it is a normative concept. On the other hand, personal information is a fact about each individual. In Japan, Privacy protection is often confused with personal data protection when talking about the Internet. But the leakage of personal...

A refresher on privacy: your obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.

on the relationship between different discourse markers and information-gap and reasoning-gap tasks, and the effectiveness of input enhancement type of instruction on students acquisition of discourse markers.

abstract tasks nowadays are at the center of attention in sla research. task types is one of the critical issues in this regard, their effectiveness and suitability to any particular context, their characteristics and the result they yield are among some of these issues. on the other hand, discourse markers (dms) have been very much investigated and their effectiveness in conveying the meaning...

Personal Information Privacy Protection in E-Commerce

Today, the world are moving towards e-commerce application in completing their daily jobs. An ecommerce application becomes the preferred medium to complete the day’s tasks. Electronic commerce or ecommerce is a potentially growing business for today’s market. Basically, online shopping eliminates conventional purchase approach which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Through cyber space, o...

Automated biometrics-based personal identification.

Biometrics-based personal identification attempts to answer the questions ‘‘Who are you?’’ and ‘‘Are you who you claim to be?’’ Personal identification, regardless of method, is ubiquitous in our daily lives. For example, we often have to prove our identity to gain access to a bank account, to enter a protected site, to draw cash from an ATM, to log in to a computer, to claim welfare benefits, ...