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Large social media to be required to disclose data-management details under new Japanese rules

By Sachiko Sakamaki
  • 13 Dec 2021 04:22
  • 13 Dec 2021 04:22
Large social media and search service providers, including Meta's Facebook, Twitter and Google, will likely be required to disclose the country where they store Japanese users' data and other details, under the country's new telecoms regulations. 

In the aftermath of messaging-service app LINE’s data incident, where the personal data of Japanese

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Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

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