(iii) with regard to information submitted by an organization, such as an individual, or corporation, it shall avoid requesting submission of the same information content thereto and shall reduce the burden to citizens; and

(iv) in order to prevent Personal Information that is collected or arranged using an Individual Number from being used in a way that exceeds the scope provided for by laws and regulations or from being divulged, it shall be ensured that said information is managed properly.

(2) Measures on the use of Individual Numbers and Corporate Numbers shall be promoted with the aim of contributing to an improvement of the convenience of citizens by improving the efficiency of administrative operations while giving sufficient consideration to the protection of Personal Information in order to facilitate the use for the fields related to social security system, taxation and disaster control measures, and shall be implemented in consideration of the possibility of use in other administrative fields and the fields other than administrative fields that contribute to improving the convenience of citizens.

(3) Measures on the use of Individual Numbers shall be promoted in light of the fact that an Individual Number Card is necessary to realize the matters listed in paragraph (1), item (i) in order to facilitate the use of Individual Number Cards as a simple means of identity confirmation for processing administrative affairs and in order to facilitate the use of Individual Number Cards for processing affairs other than administrative affairs while giving consideration to ensuring that Card Information will not be collected by wrongful means.

(4) Measures on the use of Individual Numbers shall be promoted in light of the fact that the Cooperation Network System for Personal Information is necessary for realizing those matters listed in paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) while giving sufficient consideration to the protection of Personal Information in order to promote the use of the Cooperation Network System for Personal Information as a means for persons processing administrative affairs, such as Administrative Organs or local governments, to send and receive Specific Personal Information promptly in administrative fields, such as the social security system, taxation, or disaster control measures, and shall be promoted in consideration of the possibility of expanding the use of the Cooperation Network System for Personal Information for information other than Specific Personal Information that said persons send and receive.

## (Responsibilities of the National Government)

## Article 4

(1) The national government shall take the necessary measures to ensure the proper handling of Specific Personal Information, such as Individual Numbers, and implement measures to facilitate the use of Individual Numbers and Corporate Numbers pursuant to the basic principles specified in the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "Basic Principles").

(2) The national government shall strive to deepen the citizens' understanding of the use of Individual Numbers and Corporate Numbers through activities, such as educational activities or publicity activities.