Membership information with ringtone sites exceeding 300,000 people crossways to dating sites and it is sold for several million yen

It has been revealed that a company in Tokyo, which operates a site that distributes incoming melodies and games of mobile phones, suspects that information on registered members was flowing across multiple dating site operating companies.

It was said that the information that was traversed exceeded 300,000 people, it was sold for several million yen.

Details are as below.
Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun): ringtone membership information, cross-flowing to dating system Merad 300,000 people - Society

According to the Asahi Shimbun news report, a computer system development company in Tokyo "Capybara System" has about 10 mobile phones, including a ringtones distribution site managed by the Tokyo metropolitan government, a Decome site that attaches animated images to mails, game sites It seems that it became clear that the information such as the e-mail address, age, sex, residential place, etc. of the member registered in the site for sidetracking was spread across several dating sites.

This was clarified by executives of multiple dating site management companies and internal documents, and the capybara system has deleted information under the age of 18 forbidden to use by the dating site control law, We had to provide 40,000 membership information automatically as an online dating site member.

In addition, the company is said to have sold a system that automatically registers member information to dating site management company through a distributor for several million yen.

Incidentally,In the "Specified E-mail Transmission Optimization Law" revised in May last year, "Adopt Incorporated" which is recognized only for the person who agreed to send in advance is introduced for advertisement mailHowever, since the Consumer Administration Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that it does not mention specific site names of advertisements and publicity e-mails sent in the future regarding this matter, it can not be said that they got consent, It is pointed out that there is strong doubt that it violates.

By the way, the official site of the capybara system has become inaccessible at 12:00 on June 22nd, so even at the recruitment siteRecruitment pausedIt is being done.

Capybara System Corp. Capybara System Co., Ltd.