個人情報取得、ＡＩ学習は緩和　悪質業者に「課徴金」―政府

　政府は９日、個人情報保護法改正案の概要を公表した。人工知能（ＡＩ）の開発を促進するため、犯罪歴や病歴、人種といった「要配慮個人情報」を読み込ませる場合には、本人の同意を不要にするのが柱。大量の個人情報を売買するなど悪質な事業者への「課徴金」制度も導入する。政府は同改正案を２３日召集の通常国会に提出する方針だ。
　ＡＩの精度を高めるためには大規模なデータを使った学習が欠かせない。だが、現行法では要配慮情報の取得や第三者への提供には本人の同意が原則必要で、ＡＩの利活用が進まない一因との指摘が出ていた。（2026/01/09-20:19）

The Japanese government said Friday that it will submit a bill to revise the personal information protection law with the aim of promoting artificial intelligence development by easing the rules on acquiring personal data.
   The bill would eliminate the need for consent when training AI with certain types of personal information, including criminal and medical histories, as well as race.
   Large-scale data learning is essential to improving the accuracy of AI. Under the current law, however, consent is generally required to obtain such personal information or provide it to third parties.
   The government plans to submit the bill to an ordinary Diet session starting on Jan. 23.
   The bill would also introduce a system to fine businesses engaging in malicious operations, such as trading large amounts of personal data.