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Games & Commerce

Japan hit by data leaks from rental cars to convenience stores and post office

Data leaks involving companies and institutions in Japan are continuing, affecting businesses ranging from rental cars to convenience stores and the postal service. Times Car, operated by Park24, reported unauthorized access that may have affected about 6.6 million members. Seicomart said data on 572,022 app members were viewed by a third party. Japan Post reported 69 leaked cases affecting 19 people. Benefit One said a configuration error exposed data on 13,460 people.

People

NHN Dooray wins personal information protection and utilisation technology award

NHN Dooray said on Wednesday it won the chairperson’s prize from the Personal Information Protection Commission at the 2026 Personal Information Protection and Utilisation Technology Awards. The award was newly created this year to spread personal information protection technologies. Dooray was recognised for applying a three-layer protection architecture covering infrastructure, data export controls and usage controls, and for meeting cloud security and safety assessments. The company plans to expand service coverage within the military.

Telecommunications & Media

Telecoms to strengthen CEO accountability for personal data protection

South Korea’s three telecom operators agreed to make personal data protection a core management task, reflecting it from the AI service design stage and building a responsibility system led by CEOs and boards. The Personal Information Protection Commission held a policy meeting with the CEOs of SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus in Seoul. The parties discussed internal controls under the revised privacy law, accident-prevention systems and improvements to rules for using personal data in AI development.