Why a GDPR playbook falls short for SaaS founders entering Japan
Foreign SaaS founders who have completed GDPR compliance may assume Japan is covered, but its privacy law works differently, according to e27.
Editorial team Replicable · · Source: e27
Founders of SaaS companies based in places such as Singapore and Jakarta, who have already worked through GDPR paperwork to win European clients, may see Japan as a market already cleared. The source argues that this assumption is mistaken, because Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information is not the same as the European regime. It describes the country as having strong privacy law and a mature regulator, yet says foreign founders keep stumbling over the differences.