Former temporary employee of NTT West subsidiary arrested by Okayama Prefectural Police over personal information leak issue. Former temporary employee was suspected of illegally taking customer information from the company and leaking it to a listing agent.
Police believe that the former temporary employee sold personal information to multiple directory companies and received more than 10 million yen in return, and are investigating the details of the incident. The government's Personal Information Protection Commission issued administrative guidance to the two related Ntt West subsidiaries, demanding that they make improvements.