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Operator of bankruptcy website under Japanese privacy regulator's watch for further action

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( July 27, 2022, 09:35 GMT | Insight) -- The unidentified operator of a Japanese website that shows the identities and location of bankrupted individuals on a map is being urged by the Japanese privacy commission to stop providing the illegal data. A week after issuing the operator with a corrective recommendation, the Personal Information Protection Commission, backed by a bolstered data-protection law, is now preparing to take the next step in case the offending continues. The unidentified operator of a Japanese website that shows the identities and location of bankrupted individuals on a map is being urged by the Japanese privacy commission to stop providing the illegal data. A week after the Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, issued the operator with a corrective recommendation, the regulator, backed by a bolstered data-protection law, is now preparing to take the next step in case the offending continues....

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