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Japanese operator of sexual-crime map website instructed to shut it down by PPC

( April 4, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A Japanese website operator of a site displaying sexual crime locations on a digital map has been told by the data-protection regulator to shut down the site. The website showed crime locations and perpetrators' personal information collected from media reports. The Personal Information Protection Commission said that disclosing such information without the consent of the individuals involved violates Japan's personal-information protection laws. This type of disclosure could also lead to discrimination against those individuals, contravening clauses that prohibit inappropriate data use. The PPC confirmed that the website was closed as of April 4.The statement, in Japanese, is attached. ...

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