(15)With regard to the equivalent level of protection of professional secrecy in Japan, information held by the JFSA is subject to the JFSA Information Security Policy and the employees of the JFSA are subject to the National Public Service Act, which prohibits employees from divulging information which has come to their knowledge in the course of their duties. Therefore, the National Public Service Act and the JFSA Information Security Policy both guarantee professional secrecy, including the protection of business secrets exchanged by competent authorities with third parties, equivalent to those set out in Title VIII of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. Therefore together, the National Public Service Act and the JFSA Information Security Policy should be considered as providing an equivalent level of protection as regards professional secrecy as that provided in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.