Japanese messaging giant Line admits it mishandled user data, promises to do better

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Sent user data to China without once thinking Beijing might decide to snoop, lied about server location

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.…

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