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APPI-Compliant CAPTCHA

Friendly Captcha is fully APPI-compliant.

Friendly Captcha is trusted as the best APPI-compliant CAPTCHA. The Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) applies to any organization or business processing the personal data of individuals residing in Japan, regardless of where the organization is located.

Friendly Captcha is designed to provide the most effective data protection against bots and spam while minimizing data collection. This makes it the most compliant CAPTCHA with all relevant data protection laws and global privacy regulations, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

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APPI Compliance With Friendly Captcha

The best data integrity on the market

  • Data minimization, just for the service functionality
  • No record of behavioral data such as mouse movements
  • No collection or storage any personal user data

No undisclosed data sharing or data transfer

  • No behavioral information
  • No third-party provision
  • No hidden transfers

Privacy compliance by design

  • No HTTP cookies and persistent data storage
  • No user consent requirements
  • Clear data processing agreement

Cybersecurity measures in full compliance

  • Latest proof-of-work technology
  • Highly efficient against bots attacks using AI
  • Anonymization of IP addresses with one-way hashing

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Most traditional CAPTCHA solutions collect sensitive data and use tracking technologies without explicit consent. This can create friction for human users and big compliance headaches for your legal team.

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APPI Compliance Checklist

Friendly Captcha helps your enterprise to align with the core rules of the Privacy Act of Japan and to be in accordance with the APPI:

No HTTP cookies

The APPI and PPC (Personal Information Protection Commission) consider cookies to be personal information if they can be used to identify an individual. Friendly Captcha does not use any HTTP cookies and anonymizes IP addresses via one-way hashing, making it a fully APPI-compliant CAPTCHA solution.

No data transfer or third-party sharing

None sensitive information or data subjects are shared or transferred – in line with Article 27 of the Data Protection Act of Japan.

By default and by design: Privacy-first CAPTCHA

We base our bot protection on proof-of-work technology, which fully works without data collection and protects Japan residents.

No risk for data breach

As we do not collect and store any sensitive personal data, there are zero risk for data breaches. Therefore, Friendly Captcha intrinsically ensures full compliance with APPI's Article 26.

100% regulatory compliance for businesses in Japan

Full transparency about usage of personally identifiable information and personal data: no profiling, no tracking, no undisclosed data sharing or data transferring to external processors.

Data protection aligned with the EU–Japan EPA

Friendly Captcha is a European company, processing data within the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement’s recognized standards, ensuring top-level security for Japanese residents’ data.

See our privacy policy for end users to learn more.

FAQ

Friendly Captcha does not rely on data collection and does not operate any cross border data transfer to third-party entities. This meanly means there is no risk for any data breach and the related notifications to the PPC and data protection officers.

Yes, Friendly Captcha does maintain the highest data security and aligns with all data protection standards thanks to many technical safeguards and a secure infrastructure. Data is entirely processed within the EU under the GDPR standards, which are higher than the APPI’s requirements.

The Act on the Protection of Personal Information is less strict than the European General Data Protection Regulation, especially on the consent requirements part, which is not always mandatory. The APPI focuses on transparency, data transfer to third-party processors, limitation on data collection and data privacy.

The APPI applies to any organisation or business that processes the personal information of individuals residing in Japan, regardless of the organization’s location. Unlike some other privacy laws, there is no minimum threshold – all personal data relating to Japanese residents is covered.

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Stay in control of your data, avoid complex compliance issues, and give your users a clean, privacy-first experience. Friendly Captcha is designed to help you stay APPI-compliant by default.

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