"Phonebook of the net" that can search addresses, names, telephone numbers of various places in Japan will be sued

A website that makes database of telephone numbers, names, and addresses of various places in Japan published on the Hello page and makes it searchable for free is "Net phone book(Old: Address at Pon!) ". A telephone book of such a net was sued as infringement of privacy.

Shimazaki law firm of Kyoto announced that it sued this site - 1439600839 - net telephone directory
http://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/study/12462/1439600839/


IT Software Development Shimazaki Law Firm - Kyoto - 2015.2.18 - Attorney Duties and IT
http://www.shima-office.com/hint.htm#007


"Net phone book" was originally operated under the name of "Address with Pon!", And posting NTT's phone book data on the net is "Is not it a breach of the personal information protection law?"Website where the name was crowded frequently. It was reinstated after reinforcing the server after receiving DoS attack by someone, and now it is becoming the website name "net phone book".

In response to the question "Is not it illegal?" The net phone book is "Privacy policy"The information posted on this site is the information that was publicly published by the Hello page in the past as it is and is not subject to the regulation of the personal information protection law" "Posted in the phone book Since information is simply an enumeration of facts, it is not "a creative expression of thought or feeling", it does not correspond to copyrighted work under the copyright law ", explaining that it is suitable for the law , And we are in line with our policy of not accepting deletion requests of posted information without exception.

It was Kyoto's case that sued the telephone directory of such a netShimazaki Law Office. The blog of the Shimazaki law firm, which is open on August 14, 2015, claims that the telephone directory of the net is conducting "infringement of privacy". While Shimazaki Law Office claims that the telephone directory of the Internet is "not subject to the regulation of the personal information protection law", "Delete request is not based on the Personal Information Protection Act, but privacy as a moral right The reason is that the right was infringed, "he said. Based on this assertion, he is requesting the deletion of information posted on the Internet phone book.

A person who is seen as an administrator of the telephone directory of the net who received this posted a response to the complaint on the bulletin board and stated as follows.

On the 13th, the contents certification mail "Delete Invoice" arrives to the manager and, of course, I answered firmly refusing on the same day by phone. Whether it could not have been so hungry, the public seems to have filed a lawsuit the following day, despite the Bon holiday.
Mr. Shimazaki has unveiled a unique argument in his own blog, but the administrator is willing to completely refute everything in the courtroom.
Of course, the progress will be reported in this thread etc. in the future.

At the time of article creation, no more posting has been done, but within the personal information protection policy page of the net telephone directory "The operator of this site operates the site after knowing such circumstances Because the mass media and politicians want to avoid troublesome discussions, it is quite difficult for the site to stand out and it does not matter as a matter of fact, I really want you to become a problem a lot, but the lawyers' side assertion It is anticipated that it will face from a straight line.