経済安保に配慮できず　ＬＩＮＥの情報管理で最終報告

　通信アプリ大手「ＬＩＮＥ」の情報管理問題で、親会社のＺホールディングス（ＨＤ）が設置した外部有識者委員会は１８日、最終調査報告書を公表した。報告書は、ＬＩＮＥの中国子会社への業務委託について、中国政府に情報が流出するリスクなど経済安全保障への適切な配慮ができておらず、事後的に見直す体制も整っていなかったことを問題視。グループ全体でデータの安全な管理体制を強化するよう提言した。
　この問題では、ＬＩＮＥアプリの一部の通信内容に委託先の中国子会社からアクセスがあったが、利用者には説明していなかった。また、一部の画像やファイルが韓国のデータセンターに保存されていたにもかかわらず、利用者のデータが「日本に閉じている」と事実に反する説明を官公庁に行っていた。（2021/10/18-19:27）

Line Corp. failed to give appropriate consideration to economic security by leaving user data accessible to an outsourced Chinese subsidiary, an independent panel of experts said Monday.
   The Japanese messaging app operator did not pay enough attention to risks, including the possibility of data being leaked to the Chinese government, and had no system to review the problem later, the panel said in its final investigation report.
   The panel was created by Line's parent, Z Holdings Corp. , after the inappropriate data management problem at Line emerged. It urged the entire group to enhance its system for safe data management.
   Line did not inform its users of the access from the outsourced company to some message records. Although some image data and files of the users were stored in South Korea, Line explained to government offices that user data were "confined in Japan," which was not true.
   The report criticized Line's attitude as "inappropriate" and said the company had to "be committed to delivering objective facts sincerely."