LINE President Takeshi Idezawa said at a press conference held after 7:30 tonight, "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and concern to all of you. I take it very seriously. "
Data for governments and local governments is limited to domestic data only
LINE has announced that it will limit data storage and access to domestic accounts for official accounts for governments and municipalities.
Of these, the data storage location is scheduled to move to Japan by August.
Guidelines for personal information protection will be revised
LINE has announced a policy to revise its privacy policy, which is a guideline for the protection of personal information shown to users, next week.
The "country name" and "purpose" to which data may be transferred are specified.
The guidelines so far have stated that personal information may be transferred to a third country if the consent of the user is obtained or if permitted by law, but the specific country name is shown. did not.
Vaccination reservation system provided by domestic management
LINE has revealed that it is possible to provide a reservation system for vaccination of the new coronavirus for local governments in a form that can be managed domestically, such as storing data only in Japan and allowing access only from Japan. did.
"LINE Pay" transaction information Domestic transfer by September
LINE has announced a policy to transfer information on smartphone payment "LINE Pay" transactions currently managed at data centers in South Korea to data centers in Japan by September.