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Japan's Chuo Business Service gets mild sanction over data misuse, despite past offenses

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( September 11, 2025, 07:46 GMT | Insight) -- Japanese directory trader Chuo Business Service received a corrective recommendation from the Personal Information Protection Commission for violating the personal-information protection law. The company repeatedly sold personal data while knowing that recipients might provide it to groups engaged in fraud, the regulator said. Japanese directory trader Chuo Business Service received a corrective recommendation Wednesday from the Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, for violating the personal-information protection law. The company repeatedly sold personal data while knowing that recipients might provide it to groups engaged in fraud, the regulator said....

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