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Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing personal info on 38 public housing applicants

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Dissent

Here’s one I missed, but luckily Zack Whittaker noted it in his weekly newsletter (and if you don’t get his newsletter, you should subscribe!)

The Mainichi reported:

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has lost two floppy disks containing personal information on 38 people, the department announced on Dec. 27

The MPD said the floppy disks contained personal data on 38 people who had applied for public housing in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward. The ward office had provided the personal information to the MPD to check if the applicants were affiliated with organized crime groups.

Read more at The Mainichi.


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