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Hacked car-share service disregarded law, had 7-yr data retention policy
Summary by The Tokyo Editorial Desk · As published by The Mainichi (English)
· October 6, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key points This policy has been reported to be a disregard of law. A data breach has exposed images of a large number of driver's licenses.
A data breach has exposed images of a large number of driver's licenses. The breach occurred at a major operator of parking services in Japan. Further information about the breach is available from the source.
The operator had a data retention policy that lasted for many years. This policy has been reported to be a disregard of law.
Details about the breach, including the number of affected licenses, can be found in the source report. The number of affected licenses is significant, totaling over a million.
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Category: parks ·
Published: October 6, 2026 ·
Source: The Mainichi (English) ·
Reading time: 1 min
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