About Naoto Shimamura

Naoto Shimamura is a senior associate at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, licensed in Japan, California and New York. Taking advantage of his in-depth knowledge of computers and the internet, he engages in tech-related cases, including those involving e-commerce, licensing, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, online defamation, intellectual property and dispute resolution in this area. Naoto is also qualified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), and a Registered Information Security Specialist, which is recognised as the highest level of security engineering qualification in Japan. His noteworthy recent publications include “The GDR Insight Handbook 2022 – Japan: Cybersecurity” (Law Business Research, December 2021) and “Legal Practice Concerning Use of Information Content” (Seirin Shoin, August 2020).