NTT DOCOMO disclosed that it had provided approximately 344,000 items of subscribers' personal information to Amazon.com’s Japanese subsidiary in the United States without authorization. The information provided has already been deleted, and was not used, the company said.
NTT DOCOMO announced on the 16th that it had provided the personal information of approximately 344,000 subscribers to Amazon.com’s Japanese subsidiary without authorization. The company said the provision occurred in the past and that the data has now been deleted.
The information provided consisted of subscribers' personal information. According to DOCOMO, there was no evidence that the data was used by a third party after it was provided. The article does not describe the specific purpose for which the data was used or the scope of any impact.
According to the company’s current explanation, the data has already been deleted and was not used externally. DOCOMO is reportedly considering measures to prevent a recurrence, but the article does not provide details of its future response.