Maebashi City Machizukuri Kosha: a USB memory with 732 records including My Number of staff and others went missing

1. 2021-01-25

   A staff member checked the storage place and found the USB memory missing. Staff searched the office and other departments but did not find it. [1]

The USB memory held data for 2020 withholding tax slips and payment records. The slips covered names, addresses, My Number, birth dates, amounts paid and deductions such as social insurance of 447 staff, retirees included, and 137 dependents. The payment records covered names, addresses, My Number and amounts paid of 148 people such as lecturers. [1]

The foundation filed a lost property report with the police, who analyzed security camera footage and consider theft unlikely. It sent letters of apology to those affected, asked them to change their My Number, and reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission. [1]