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Line silently exposed Japan user data to China affiliate

Wildly popular app failed to say so in its privacy policy

Line has around 86 million monthly active users in Japan -- equivalent to more than two-thirds of the country's total population.   © Reuters
Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- Technicians at a Chinese company affiliated with the Japanese provider of the Line chat app had access to personal information of users in Japan.

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