The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that the management system and explanations to users were not sufficient due to the problem that the communication application LINE made the user's personal information accessible from China etc. We provided administrative guidance based on.
It became clear that LINE kept user's personal information accessible from China and managed it in South Korea, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications received a report from the company on April 19 and is proceeding with the investigation. I did.
As a result, a total of 132 engineers from a Chinese company that outsourced system management had accessed information that may be related to confidential communications and personal information on servers in Japan. It was newly found that it was up to the times.
No infringement of confidentiality of communications or leakage of personal information was confirmed.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications provided administrative guidance to LINE on the 26th based on the Telecommunications Business Law, saying that the internal management system and explanations to users were insufficient.
We are also requesting that recurrence prevention measures be reported by the end of May.
On April 23, the government's Personal Information Protection Commission also provided administrative guidance to LINE, saying that the supervisory system was inadequate.