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Net Marketing probed by Japanese regulator over data breach at matchmaking app Omiai

By Sachiko Sakamaki
  • 24 May 2021 05:42
  • 24 May 2021 05:42
Japan’s telecom regulator is looking into a breach involving the personal data of more than 1.7 million users of popular matchmaking app Omiai, and whether app operator Net Marketing has properly protected users’ data under the privacy law.
The scale of the breach and its contents — drivers’ licenses and

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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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