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News

2022.03.21

Hiroyasu Kageshima’s article titled “Legal Checkpoints in Application Development” was published in the “Business Houmu” magazine

“Legal Checkpoints in Application Development” (Business Houmu, May 2022)

I. Overview of the law governing the development of software applications


1. The Consumer Contract Act
2. The Act on Specified Commercial Transactions
3. The Civil Code
4. The Act on Specified Electronic Mail
5. The Personal Information Protection Act
6. The Telecommunications Business Act
7. The Payment Services Act
(1) Prepaid payment instruments
(2) Funds transfer services
8. The Antimonopoly Act
9. The Provider Liability Limitation Act
10. The Copyright Act

II. Applicable regulations by business type

1. Applicable regulations
2. Whether or not to stipulate SLA
3. Clauses stipulating the services and the Consumer Contract Act

III. Lawsuits

1. The Consumer Contract Act
2. The Copyright Act

IV. Practical operations based on the amended acts

1. The Personal Information Protection Act
2. The Telecommunications Business Act
3. The Act on Specified Commercial Transactions 4. The Payment Services Act (funds transfer services)