{"id":43475,"date":"2021-10-19T01:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T01:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/japanese-messaging-giant-line-admits-it-mishandled-user-data-promises-to-do-better\/"},"modified":"2021-10-19T01:27:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T01:27:05","slug":"japanese-messaging-giant-line-admits-it-mishandled-user-data-promises-to-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/japanese-messaging-giant-line-admits-it-mishandled-user-data-promises-to-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese messaging giant Line admits it mishandled user data, promises to do better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Line, the Japan-based messaging and payments app with millions of users around Southeast Asia, has conceded that its data protection regimes had multiple shortcomings, and therefore put users’ personal information at risk.<\/p>\n

Parent company Z-Holdings yesterday released a report<\/a> compiled by a Special Advisory Committee on Global Data Governance that it convened in the wake of revelations<\/a> that some user data had been processed in China and\/or stored in South Korea.<\/p>\n

Line is vastly popular in Japan, where it boasts over 85 million monthly users and is so prevalent the nation’s government relies on it as a channel for digital services. The app has also made inroads into South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and other Asian nations, bringing it a total user population of over 700 million \u2013 over 150 million of whom are active monthly users.<\/p>\n