Dialogues with Experts｜LY Corporation

To appropriately address various issues surrounding digital platform operators and fulfill social responsibilities, LY Corporation and the Group companies incorporate the opinions of experts from a variety of fields and sincerely consider these issues while ensuring fairness and objectivity.

INDEX

As of July 30, 2024

Expert Panel on AI Ethics

Examines the future of AI technology use and its ethical aspects in a digital society.

Purpose	Established to clarify the basic policies necessary to enable users to use services and AI technologies without anxiety in a digital society, and to formulate effective voluntary rules.
Matters deliberated	- How AI technology should be used, and ethical aspects taking into account the needs of society - Compatibility of the Basic Policy on AI Ethics with the needs of users and society, from the standpoints of legal systems and technology - Consistency of the voluntary rules with the Basic Policy on AI Ethics, and effectiveness of the voluntary rules
Members (without honorifics)	Takehiro OHYA (Chairperson/Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University) Shigeo KAWASHIMA (Associate Professor, School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University) Machiko SAKAI (Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo) Hideaki TAKEDA (Professor, Principles of Informatics Research Division, National Institute of Informatics) Akira TAJIMA (Head of LY Research) Hiroki HABUKA (Project Professor at Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University.)
Period	1st meeting June 22, 2021 2nd meeting October 5, 2021 3rd meeting December 10, 2021 4th meeting February 14, 2022 5th meeting May 9, 2022 6th meeting March 13, 2023 7th meeting October 17, 2023 8th meeting February 20, 2024
Related links	Z Holdings Hosts "Expert Panel on AI Ethics \| former Z Holdings Corporation (Press release) Z Holdings Corporation Announces the "Z Holdings Group Basic Policy on AI Ethics" \| former Z Holdings Corporation (Press release) Basic Policy on AI Ethics

Expert Panel on Handling Requests for Information Disclosure From Investigative Agencies and Ensuring Their Transparency

Examines policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc., and how the response status should be disclosed.

Purpose	Established for the purpose of discussing the policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc., for criminal investigation and lifesaving, and how transparency reports should be disclosed, based on opinions from experts in criminal law, privacy, information security, etc.
Matters deliberated	- Policy on how to respond to request for information disclosure from investigative agencies, etc. - How transparency reports should be disclosed
Members (without honorifics)	Masahide MAEDA (Chairperson/Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University) Kaori ISHII (Professor, Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University) Shiho KONNO (Lawyer, Shiho Konno Habataki Law Office) Kiyoshi YASUTOMI (Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Lawyer (Advisor, Atsumi & Sakai))
Period	1st meeting March 10, 2021 2nd meeting June 9, 2021 3rd meeting November 1, 2021 4th meeting September 5, 2023 5th meeting July 2, 2024
Related links	Yahoo! JAPAN Releases Transparency Report on Its Policy and Status on Response to Disclosure Requests from Law Enforcement Agencies \| former Yahoo Japan Corporation (Press release) Transparency Report

Expert Panel on Privacy Based on Users’ Standpoint

Examines privacy measures implemented when handling user data.

Purpose	Established to objectively and rigorously evaluate whether the privacy-related measures and details and processes of information disclosure implemented when the LY Corporation Group utilizes user data, can meet the expectations of its users and society, and to make improvements.
Matters deliberated	- How data should be handled and data protection policy - Response to regulations on privacy such as the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
Members (without honorifics)	George SHISHIDO (Chairperson/Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo) Hiroshi KAWAGUCHI (Representative Director, Kawaguchi Sekkei, Inc.) Tadashi KUNIHIRO (Outside Director, LY Corporation) Masahiko SHOJI (Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Musashi University) Masatomo SUZUKI (Professor, Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture/Faculty of Law, Niigata University; President, Japan Institute of Law and Information Systems) Mari SONODA (Adviser, LY Corporation) Miki NAGATA (Information Communication Consumer Network) Ryoji MORI (Attorney-at-Law, Eichi Law Offices)
Period	<Advisory Board for Privacy> 1st meeting August 15, 2019 2nd meeting January 29, 2020 3rd meeting March 12, 2020 4th meeting April 10, 2020 5th meeting October 9, 2020 6th meeting December 16, 2020 <Expert Panel on Privacy> 1st meeting November 17, 2021 - Handling of data, etc. in the Z Holdings Group - Data usage related to credit analysis in the financial services Details of the 1st meeting <Expert Panel on Privacy Based on Users' Standpoint> 1st meeting February 8, 2022 Based on the proposals received from the Special Advisory Committee on Global Data Governance, the Company renamed the Expert Panel and invited new members in order to reinforce the horizontal and vertical governance structure as well as to fulfill its accountability to the users and society. - About Basic Policy on Data Protection - Revision of Privacy Policy in response to the Revised Act on the Protection of Personal Information, etc. - How data should be handled, etc. in the Z Holdings Group Details of the 1st meeting 2nd meeting June 14, 2023 - Handling of data at LY Corporation after the merger 1 More details to be added 3rd meeting July 26, 2023 - Handling of data at LY Corporation after the merger 2 More details to be added 4th meeting September 5, 2023 - Administrative guidance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to Yahoo Japan Corporation （Issued on August 30, 2023) *More details to be added
Related links	Basic Policy on Data Protection Advisory Board for Privacy -LY Corporation Privacy Center

Past Expert Panels

Expert Panel on Democracy in the Digital Era

Examines various issues surrounding digital platforms and the impact of digital platforms on modern democracy.

Purpose	As a company engaged in the platform business providing the infrastructure for information distribution, LY Corporation established the Panel to examine the future of democracy in the digital era, and to study from a broad perspective, the roles expected of digital platform operators and response policies.
Matters deliberated	- Various issues surrounding digital platforms such as fake news - Impact of the state of digital platforms on modern democracy - Roles expected of digital platform operators and response policies
Members (without honorifics)	Tatsuhiko YAMAMOTO (Chairperson/Professor, Keio University Law School) Hajime OGAWA (Visiting Editorial Writer , The Mainichi Newspapers) Yuko KAWAI (Attorney-at-Law, Nishimura & Asahi) Manabu SHINTANI (Director, Bungei Shunju Ltd.; General Manager, Bungei Shunju) Tateshi HIGUCHI (Former Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, Former Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar) Shuichiro HOSHI (Professor, Faculty of Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University) Shinichi YAMAGUCHI (Associate Professor, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)
Period	First Half 1st meeting January 20, 2021 2nd meeting April 7, 2021 3rd meeting May 31, 2021 4th meeting July 7, 2021 5th meeting August 3, 2021 6th meeting October 11, 2021 7th meeting January 12, 2022 Second Half 1st meeting October 21, 2022 2nd meeting December 16, 2022 3rd meeting February 8, 2023 4th meeting May 9, 2023 5th meeting July 25, 2023 6th meeting October 24, 2023 7th meeting January 30, 2024
Related links	Z Holdings Corporation Holds Inaugural Meeting of “Expert Panel on Democracy in the Digital Era” \| former Z Holdings Corporation (Press release) Expert Panel on Democracy in the Digital Era – Interim report \| former (Japanese only)